"The media have been unusually careful about reporting Joni Mitchell’s condition since she fell ill a couple of weeks ago. This is because people love her songs, and because they love her as a symbol of emotional sensitivity, of a certain idealistic age, of women’s rights (since she succeeded in a male, rock ’n’ roll-dominated era of popular music) and perhaps of their own childhoods. So we are being extremely delicate in our reporting" - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts...i-mitchells-health-condition/article23883495/