We’re in a confused cultural moment, I think it’s fair to say; a moment of wishful thinking at various cultural and political extremes about how we, as a culture and a society, are going to move forward.
I’ve been thinking about an old (2018) article I came across over the weekend, about the band Pinegrove; and the band and the writer’s reckoning with allegations of sexual coercion. I’m no huge Pinegrove fan, but I find ‘Old Friends’ touching when it comes on Spotify. In a moment of heedless backlash preceded by a moment of sometimes hasty condemnation, I found this article valuable for how earnestly and humanely it grappled with a messy situation.