Love to Hate: Men Vilifying Courtney Love Is Tediously Predictable
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Content warning: this article talks about sexual assault, suicide, drug use, and childhood trauma.
Chicago, October 21, 1994. Hole finishes their set and comes out for an encore. After the last song, Olympia, screeches to a halt, Courtney Love jumps off the stage into the crowd, which is an expected maneuver for the end of a rock set in the 90s.
Courtney's body is limp and her bodyguards hold on to her to keep her from getting swallowed by the crowd. The idea of bodysurfing is that you surf, meaning the audience members push you along. That’s not happening here.
Suddenly the slip Courtney was wearing is torn from her body. More bodyguards swarm to try and pull her back from the crowd that seems to be consuming her. The strap of her bra is pulled, her tights are ripped from her body, and by the time the guards pull her back, she has only her undergarments left. Her response?
“Do you do this to all the guys?”
She then proceeds to lazily knock over the microphones and stumble off the stage.
A little over 6 months earlier, her husband, Kurt Cobain, was found dead a few days after he scaled the wall of…
