Opinion Today: Making the case for cringe

Why the sincerity of a veteran folk-rock duo is exactly what we need right now. 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It’s not that I think Lydia can only report from [disaster zones](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmtgREP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wMi8yNy9vcGluaW9uL3N5cmlhLWVhcnRocXVha2UuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIzMDgwOSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD05OTYyNiZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDE1MTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmTJRH_TZGijpt1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) and [war zones](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmtgREP0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wNi8yNS9vcGluaW9uL2RhcmZ1ci1zdWRhbi13YXItZ2Vub2NpZGUuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIzMDgwOSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD05OTYyNiZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDE1MTUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmTJRH_TZGijpt1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) or that she has to write about [timely social issues](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmtgREP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wNS8xOS9vcGluaW9uL2FudGktdHJhbnMtYmF0aHJvb20tbGF3cy1mbG9yaWRhLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMzA4MDkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9OTk2MjYmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQxNTE1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpkyUR_02Roo6bdUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) (though as an editor those are probably the areas where I’m more comfortable). I know from our many conversations that Lydia is as thoughtful about pop culture as she is about politics. It’s just that the Indigo Girls, a female folk-rock duo whose biggest hit came out more than three decades ago, seemed … so deeply uncool. That’s actually kind of the point, it turns out. The Indigo Girls aren’t just uncool, they are cringe. As Lydia writes [in her column](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmtgREP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOC8wOC9vcGluaW9uL2luZGlnby1naXJscy1iYXJiaWUtY3JpbmdlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMzA4MDkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9OTk2MjYmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQxNTE1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpkyUR_02Roo6bdUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~): Cringe: the ultimate insult of our era. It implies a kind of pathetic attachment to hope, to sincerity, to possibility. Cringe is not exclusively female; the musical “Hamilton,” written by a man, Lin-Manuel Miranda, is [definitely cringe](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmtgREP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudm94LmNvbS8yMjY0MTUwMS9oYW1pbHRvbi1wYXJrcy1yZWMtaGFycnktcG90dGVyLWNyaW5nZS1vYmFtYS1lcmEtcG9wLWN1bHR1cmU_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMzA4MDkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9OTk2MjYmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQxNTE1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpkyUR_02Roo6bdUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). But in these hardened times, it implies a kind of naïveté that so often gets coded as feminine, a silly belief that human beings, through sincere effort, might actually improve themselves and the world. That things might, somehow, get better. Feminism? [Definitely cringe](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmtgREP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNi8xNy9vcGluaW9uL3JvZS1kb2Jicy1hYm9ydGlvbi1mZW1pbmlzbS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjMwODA5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTk5NjI2Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0MTUxNSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZMlEf9NkaKOm3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). And if feminism is cringe, then lesbians are double cringe. And the Indigo Girls? We’re talking cringe squared. And yet cringe is exactly what we all need right now. Amid a culture of cynicism and rage, embracing sincerity is, Lydia says, a way of fostering something else: solidarity. Yes, this column about the Indigo Girls is ultimately also about politics, about how to build a better world. Along the way, Lydia detours into other important topics: She writes masterfully about how music travels with us throughout our lives; how American culture has — for all its faults — shed some of the misogyny of the 1990s; how everyone is listening to the Indigo Girls these days. My skepticism was misplaced. While I was editing Lydia’s column, I did my editorial due diligence: I put on my headphones, opened up Spotify and clicked on “Closer to Fine,” the Indigo Girls’ 1989 hit, which also appears in the new “Barbie” movie. Sitting at my desk, I found myself nodding along, humming even. No, not cool. But it turns out, pretty good. As Lydia says, “The Indigo Girls are great. Cringe but true.” [Read the essay](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmtgREP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOC8wOC9vcGluaW9uL2luZGlnby1naXJscy1iYXJiaWUtY3JpbmdlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMzA4MDkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9OTk2MjYmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQxNTE1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpkyUR_02Roo6bdUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) and join the conversation [in the comments.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmtgREP0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOC8wOC9vcGluaW9uL2luZGlnby1naXJscy1iYXJiaWUtY3JpbmdlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMzA4MDkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9OTk2MjYmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQxNTE1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyNjb21tZW50c0NvbnRhaW5lclcDbnl0QgpkyUR_02Roo6bdUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [[Article Image] Illustration by Sam Whitney/The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmtgREP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOC8wOC9vcGluaW9uL2luZGlnby1naXJscy1iYXJiaWUtY3JpbmdlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMzA4MDkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9OTk2MjYmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQxNTE1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpkyUR_02Roo6bdUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [LYDIA POLGREEN Why Is Everyone Suddenly Listening to a Staple of My Angsty Adolescence? 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