Great article! I appreciate that you acknowledge that John Lennon was both an abuser and a musical genius. I've always felt very conflicted about adoring his music while knowing he was despicable in certain ways. I feel the same way about Michael Jackson. Music-wise, they're some of my absolute faves, so it hurts that they couldn't be better people. All the more reason to appreciate their contemporaries who were actually good people, like Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and many other women and people of color for the most part lol.