… leave it to Nirvana to come in and actually make a decent stance for feminist issues.
Granted, it’s hard to talk about Nirvana’s approach to this topic on principle. Since all of these are issues that affect the opposite sex, it’s hard to justify Cobain’s stance at times without him coming off as the white knight in shining armour doing his best attempt to save the dignity of an entire gender.
But looking through how Nirvana tackles feminism, it’s not about being the saviour for women. It’s about putting men in the shoes of the opposite sex and seeing what happens when they are put into some of the most deplorable scenarios anyone would have to go through. Just look no further than their most famous feminist tune, ‘Polly’.
While this is the closest thing to a “ballad” Nirvana made on their breakthrough album Nevermind, it feels like a ballad in the same way that those extremely dark Western country songs used to be. Writing from the point of view of a sexual predator who tied up Polly in his van, there’s already an eerie energy coming off the song before we even get to the chorus.
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Zachariah
depends on if you’re white and if you can cry on demand (about the punishment)
Al’Quinta
so just minuses then?
The iPhone really screwed Gen Z.
X and Millennials had to do everything manually that our phones now do automatically for us.
gen z or boomer?
Well, shit. A court ruling that isn’t total garbage.
I could hardly believe it when I heard the news today
I had to come and get it straight from you
They said, you were leaving, someone swept your heart away
From that look upon your face, I see it's true
So tell me all about it, tell me 'bout the plans you're making
Oh, tell me one thing more before I go
Tell me, how am I supposed to live without you?
Now that l've been loving you so long How am I supposed to live without you?
And how am I supposed to carry on When all that l've been living for is gone?
I'm too proud for crying, didn't come here to break down
It's just a dream of mine is coming to an end
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Sure, why not?