#ecw

If you didn't know, it's about Luna Vachon, who was a groundbreaking womens' wrestler from the 80s to the late 90s. She was a great, hard-hitting performer- more than that, she was eccentric, creative, and fiercely alternative. She refused to conform to the restrictive beauty standards and limited eye-candy roles usually forced on female performers of the time.

She was and still is an icon, but she struggled her whole life with backstage mistreatment, bipolar disorder, and addiction. She became a born-again christian in the 2000's, but then lost almost everything she owned in a house fire in 2009, and overdosed a year later. She wasn't even 50.

Luna was never properly recognized for the huge strides she made in the history of women's wrestling during her life. She was only added to the hall of fame posthumously in 2019.

But the mountain goats song has so much love for Luna, it makes me sob. It doesn't sugarcoat anything. It focuses on the later part of Luna's life, the tragic fade into obscurity and tragedy that haunted her. But it doesn't pity her, and it doesn't accept defeat. It's this swelling, gorgeous piece that celebrates her as a warrior and champion, even in death. It talks about her sadness with the admiration and dignity that she always deserved but was so often denied. It's exactly what a tribute song should be- it honors her, the way I think she'd have liked to be remembered.

Rest in peace, Luna.

Why is Stephanie so judgemental?