An album that got me through a hard time: Melissa Etheridge, Brave and Crazy

Although Etheridge wouldn't officially come out to the world until a few years later, many people caught the subtext of Brave and Crazy . It's an entire album of ambiguous pronouns, longing for Ms. Right (or sometimes Ms. Right Now), post-Reagan protest songs, and being left by lovers who wanted safety and respectability over authenticity and passion. The last song on the album is my favorite, a…