Kurt Cobain Is “Un-Alive”
A Kurt Cobain plaque at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle has generated a debate over the wording describing the late Nirvana frontman’s death in ’94.
The exhibit on the “27 Club,” covering musicians who perished at the young age, stated Cobain had “un-alived himself” at 27.
The term is an alternative to using “died by suicide,” to avoid censorship on various social media platforms.
The museum added a placard that discussed the social context of the word “un-alive” in speaking about mental health. They also mentioned that a “guest curator” used the term as “a gesture of respect towards those who have lost their lives due to mental health struggles.”
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