I have been a media literacy advocate for decades, and believe it is a life and death issue for the planet. This is a decent take on media consumption principles. Your consumption habits put you into a web of relations.

There are some cases where revelations about a creator retcon their entire body of work, usually when it involves a fundamental falsehood in their artistic posture.

The are rare, but a premier example would be Buffy St. Marie: her music is generally imbued with a proclamation of her identity and the reveal that it was a massive, sixty year fraud makes her amazing songwriting and performances just unlistenable, as long as you are aware it’s a lie being pushed in your ears.

I’m happy to listen to an artist who’s a massive jerk, because most famous people are anyway. If M.I.A. is a brain damaged magatroid, whatever, she’s not getting anything from me and her first album is full of bangers.

I buy CDs directly from artists I want to support. SNRK just got $60 from me and I bought two poetry books yesterday. Otherwise, corporate publishers and famous dorks with good art are going to get their stuff pirated.