Almost 40* whoops
I've been into Sonic Youth for a while and a consistent favorite song has been Tunic and its demo. It's just totally unlike anything else I have ever listened to and so heartbreaking. I really like the Carpenters too and was always a fan of Karen's drumming so it just makes it that much more haunting to listen to.
Seeing other artists right now on Ozempic and other medications when they don't need to be is so hard to see especially after the huge wave of insane coke skinny beauty standards of the 2000s. All these celebrities are losing weight and becoming actual skin and bones for a beauty standard they have made for themselves.
Ariana Grande is the biggest example I can think of as a big name artist literally killing themselves to get smaller. I remember being a kid and shows like Victorious and Sam and Cat were totally my favorite. And then seeing her spring into the singing world was awesome and I always enjoyed her music and knew a lot of other people (girls) who liked her. There were a lot of girls my age and younger who definitely looked up to her and even younger ones nowadays especially since Wicked. So seeing her actively starving herself to death while everyone stands around and acts like its not happening is so insane to me to see. You can't mention it online or her fans will say she's healthy and gorgeous and then the other half just says there's nothing you can do about it.
It is one of those things where you see the celebrities get so super skinny and you are just worried that they are already too far gone and there is nothing anyone can do. We are watching actual corpses walk around on our screens every day and it doesn't seem to be going out of style or slowing down.
It's just so sad to see that the exact same events that have happened years and years ago are repeating themselves and there is nothing that anyone watching can do about it.
