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Avril Lavigne’s Breakaway Makes a Difference
Is she the pop punk queen or the mother effing princess? Did she open doors? Is she punk? Is she a hub bridging influences and being an influence? It’s…Complicated. But there is no mistaking that she is more and does things that matter. I recently learned that, like me, our music and culture columnist Jeremy…
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The Little Earthquakes Of Tori Amos Briefly Enlightened
Is Tori Amos powerful? Does her music have something to say that matters? Are Sirens sometimes lighthouses? Yes. She almost got through to me for a season. Tori Amos in Brief Tori Amos was a minister’s kid with a deeply religious mother. At 21 she survived a horrific sexual assault at knife point. She was…
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You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette Played God
Could one of the most powerful bad break up songs shake up the music world? Would a break out album inspire many women? Did the singer hold true to her vision of feminism, gender equality, and marriage equality? Is God a woman? If we’re talking about the iconic Alanis Morissette, yes. That Particular Time In…
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