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Date Published: October 27, 2017
Format: Hardcover
Source: Library
Date Read: March 2-4, 2019
Review:
Sleater-Kinney was a band formed during the mid to late Riot-Grrl era, but Brownstein gives an education on what was the grunge/Riot-Grrl era about and how it formed, plus her own childhood growing up and her love of music and of the women who brought the Seattle sound mainstream and yet stayed punk. I loved learning about the culture as she was learning about it.
Brownstein did not seem to struggle much with her sexuality, just quietly acknowledging to herself that she was a lesbian and dated like a typical musician (ie, she dated a fellow S-K member and when it broke up it almost destroyed the band). She also showed real sense of growing up and growing older by the end of the book, yet still retaining a sense of Riot-Grrl self and focusing it on different artistic avenues (such as re-uniting with S-K and writing/acting on the tv show Portlandia).
A fun read.
