Kurt underlined the meaning of the lyric to “In Bloom” in the interview he did for DGC a few months after Nevermind came out: “I don’t like rednecks, I don’t like macho men, I don’t like abusive people.” He told an Italian journalist about “Territorial Pissings,” which was inspired in part by Kurt’s feelings about the way Native Americans were treated in the areas around Aberdeen when he was growing up. “There are references to all those people living in North American reserves; people smashed by the raging Americans’ attacks.” Kurt explained that the song is also about sexism: “At the same
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