Johanne Brinchmann’s Reviews > Deep Cuts > Status Update

«Boys are less afraid of being wrong. This was why men got to run the world, even as it became slowly obvious they were terrible at it. But who was molding all these chickenshit daughters?»

“But what inspires this particular feeling of not just loving a song, or any work of art, but longing to have created it yourself? It happens when you identity so intensely with the work it feels somehow wrong-sad, almost-that it didn't come from your own brain. Like if you had arrived at this expression yourself, you would have more effectively metastasized the emotions that made you love the song so much”

“that endless game of trying to be heard without accidentally saying too much of daring to express an emotion that might be subject to change, to a man who just wants you to service his parts.” Holly who hurt you??

«I found it deeply disappointing even as I related to an awful seed of truth inside it: that all my attempts to grow, to find creative independence and purpose, were at least partly in service of becoming more lovable.»

“The song had scratched the exact right awful itch, elevated my sadness to the cinematic, if only briefly. But it landed like a cheap shot, and I let it.”

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«I personally like to pretend the phrase "deep cut" has a totally different meaning, one that has nothing to do with anyone else's opinion. How deep does it cut? How close to the bone? How long do you feel it?»