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Gendering of dead musicians

RFWare [Edit] [Delete] 09:50, 9 July '15

http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/808-amy-winehouse-kurt-cobain-and-the-gendering-of-martyrdom/
Whaddya reckon? Do we eulogise Cobain or Elliott Smith etc etc as tortured genius artists rather than messes, and vice versa for Amy Winehouse/Joplin?
Is it because they're girls