@PlayStation Citing “consumer trends” when your comments are full of roughly 21,000 of your customers stating clearly that they don’t want this is…a choice.
The Stonewall riots began 57 years ago today.
Queer patrons fought back against a police raid at the Stonewall Inn, sparking days of protests against the police and discrimination. Today, the riots are widely recognised as a turning point in fighting for LGBTQ+ rights.
halsey’s point was never “you have to like my album,” it was “stop treating my medical trauma like evidence of a character flaw”. she wasn't asking to be spared criticism, she was asking not to be told that speaking about her own illness and fear of dying is somehow narcissistic.
Anthony Fantano calls himself "the most relevant and impactful music critic” in response to Halsey (via Variety):
“I don’t have to prove my track record to Halsey. I have been the most relevant and impactful music critic of my — and any — generation for over 10 years now. You can’t really debate that. There’s no music critic bigger than me who’s had more impact than me for as long as I have, consistently. And if I die tomorrow, nobody’s going to outdo that run.”
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really loved new Olivia on a first listen. less than a week ever and I’m like oh. this is major. gonna be Melodrama for a lot of people and I think that’s really wonderful