suicide — Music — Maelstrom

A Coming of Age in 26 Songs: on Womanhood and Emotional Awakenings

These songs remind me what troubled times make easy to forget: that womanhood is a language that is often thankless, but always, always worth it.

MusicA. MartineJune 24, 2018music, popular culture, objectifying, misogyny, emily haines, feist, stevie nicks, feminism, coming of age, coming-of-age, character, identity, inspiration, icon, culture, film, television, tropes, stereotypes, love, sex, discovery, artist, album, amy winehouse, value, substance abuse, celebrity, change, rock, compassion, death, depression, idolization, diary, mental illness, metric, fame, grief, pj harvey, indie rock, indie, intimate, loss, heartbreak, poetry, connection, suicide, universal, evolution, philosophyComment

Idolizing Those Who Cannot Save Themselves

How do you look at your own suffering and healing, when the artists who have told you to hope and hold on end their own lives?

MusicA. MartineJanuary 23, 2018depression, suicide, death, music, amy winehouse, tom petty, nirvana, audioslave, soundgarden, pj harvey, emily haines, billy talent, idolization, mental illnessComment

On Personal Tragedies and Public Mournings: When Death Kindles Uneasy Compassion

I cannot help but wonder whether it could have made a difference to know that no one was judging her, that it was okay to fall, because a net of worldwide grace and understanding would have cushioned her.

FOLLOW A. MARTINE