🧼 — THE FIRST RULE OF MOGAI CLUB IS:
ETHEDÖNIA: a neoumbrella based on the concepts and themes explored in the works of hayden anhedönia/ethel cain
the following is a list of qualities that does not encompass every theme under this umbrella and may not apply to every experience, but serves as a list of examples and suggestions for what it is to be ETHIN
- the story of ethel cain within the albums preacher’s daughter and willoughy tucker I will always love you
- themes explored within this story such as: childhood and religious trauma, tragic and toxic love stories, loss of innocence, kidnapping, stockholm syndrome, cannibalism, regret etc
- other ethel cain albums such as inbred, golden age, perverts etc
- other themes explored within her music such as: deer/lamb imagery, southern gothic aesthetic, a corrupted idealised “american dream”, shame and desire, perversion etc
TERMINOLOGY
individual: cain
adult: martyr
youth: lamb
partner: cainfriend/crushmate
spouse: gardenia
in-nature: ETHIN
quality: ethedine
gender: ethelymn
suggested prefixes/suffixes for ethelymns and other terms: eth- ethe- -dönia -edön
TAGGING: @radiomogai @io-archival @neoumbrellatime @musicamogai
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