#MeToo Jumps Another Shark

A New Yorker story on an indie band sexual misconduct scandal reveals a bizarre reality of relationship-policing, male-blaming, and female infantilization

Evan Stephens Hall and Nandi Plunkett of Pinegrove performing at the Panorama Music Festival in 2017 | Credit: Theo Wargo (Getty)

Among the tidal wave of sexual misconduct allegations in the early days of #MeToo, one little-noticed story concerned an indie country-rock emo band called…