I had something else lined up for today but then I heard the news about Poly Styrene's untimely death. I cannot even begin to explain how much this distresses me. People always throw out words like "icon" and "legend" when someone dies but she really did fit those descriptions, particularly for awkward teenage punk girls like me (once).
I'd heard about her cancer but hadn't known it was so serious, so the news really came as a complete shock. It's a very small consolation, though, that she's trending on Twitter and over half the people on my Facebook friends list seem to have posted a tribute to her - so at least she's getting the recognition she deserves.
'Bye Poly. And thanks.
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