Accountability in Music • Page 897

Not to mention Roman Polanski

 

Unrelated, but she looks SO different in this picture

 

I thought it was just me. I didn’t even recognize her.

 

I liked the Red Album. Five stars is a little nutty though.

 

I was annoying on AP in my teens and I was annoying on here in my 20s. I'm glad all my AP cringe in BN thread is gone.

 

I read the first paragraph, saw the photo and thought “damn Nicki’s day to day manager is glamorous af”

 

I've always been a perfect poster so I simply can't relate

 

We need community notes here

 

@Aaron Mook doesn’t like Mike Flanagan. Enough said about his posting history.

 

no

I'm softening on him. I'd probably use the phrase overrated at this point. I liked Hush and Gerald's Game!

 

ah yes, the two hand trauma films

 

I didn’t even know this is where things went. Just read it, wild.

 

For some reason this picture is so uncanny. I always thought I'd never understand why an artist as big as her married a sex offender. But I guess she also has dubious morals as well. SO disappointing from one of the biggest rappers, not just female rappers, of the modern age.

 

oh god I didn’t know that. I don’t remember the boob thread either but I’m not surprised. I was like 14-16 so must have stuck heavily to the music section, tho I do remember that being the first place I heard hype for Obama (would have been probably like 2005 with people saying they had hopes he could run by 2012 or 16). Wild stuff

 

When I started actively posting more on AP when I was like 14 I used to wonder if people were making fun of my posts in the prestigious forum

 

AP and this site introduced me to leftist politics, which certainly played a role in me leaving the cult I was raised in. So I guess I do owe Jason a thank you.

 

you ever think about how there's no good right wing art?

like zilch. lol

 

I haven't made a post on here in over 3 years, and I'm late to the conversation on that Reddit post from late last week about @Jason Tate (you handled yourself really well in your response).

I know I've grown a lot in the past few years, and that discussion about the community as a whole in the Reddit thread didn't feel like it was a genuine depiction of the community here, and the discussion of it here was wholesome in comparison. I left this forum a few years ago, I think, because I was probably pissy and offended because someone blocked me (that's the only context I can really see).

I've been trying to go back and rediscover a love for music that's been missing for me. I've been deconstructing pretty hard from my faith (week before Christmas I told the leadership of the church that I work at that I'm wanting to get out of ministry), and a lot of how I carried myself here was in denial of the bigger questions I was asking myself.

This seemed like as good a thread as any to step back into the discussion. Accountability in music was a catalyst for me to question how I engaged with the art, the artist, and other listeners. I don't know if this is word salad or not, or if anyone cares at all, but I always felt like I was learning some difficult life lessons alongside many of the usernames here in this thread and around this forum, and for that, I'm really grateful. I've been in some part of this community since like 2007, and that's wild to me.

 

I was raised in a strict Mormon family and deconstructing was a very painful and frustrating process for me. Good luck on your faith journey!

 

Justin Insane

 

Having gone through exactly this myself, I care as well and my heart goes out to you. It can be a pretty gut wrenching experience and I hope you’ve got a good support system. Take care of yourself.

 

as others have echoed, much love to you during this time. from experience, it can feel really scary and isolating to have things slip out from underneath you when you begin to question your upbringing, but you're absolutely not alone. there are many of us who have felt that pain and confusion, but ended up on the other side healthier and stronger, aided by others who have felt the same. we're here for you.

 

welcome back! This is a little beside the point, but I always enjoyed your posts- probably in part because you were very active the band threads I frequented. I hope you stick around!

 

Pleased to see you here again and also my heart goes out to you as your navigate the faith/life questions you are processing. I know the conversations with church leaders you described well - hope you have people supporting you where you can be yourself and be real about what you’re going through as it can get lonely sometimes. Hopefully we’ll continue to see you around here.