![]() ![]() She was also raising a son – and she disappeared into motherhood. Later, her frustration with the hypocritical limitations of “alternative” rock led her to experiment with fashion and music choices that were seen as more mainstream moves that alienated her from some of her initial fanbase. “Post-election, there was a lightness that didn’t fit any more,” she says.Įxile in Guyville … ‘My mother made sure I knew the contributions and powers of women throughout history.’ “It changed what I needed to do in the world, who I wanted to be and what I wanted to put out there.” She is working on new material, after the events of November 2016 led her to abandon the songs she had been writing with Ryan Adams. “You could not have given us a bigger middle finger,” says the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, referring to how Trump’s election appeared to women. ![]() It’s Guyville redux, only this time it is not just the hipsters in Phair’s indie-rock scene of early 90s Chicago. But, a quarter of a century on, as it is remastered and reissued to mark its 25th anniversary, men are still excluding women from power, reducing them to sexual objects and demeaning their modes of expression. A s she sits in the Rose cafe in Venice, California, it does not look as if a quarter of a century has passed since Liz Phair’s debut album, Exile in Guyville, made her rock’s voice of third-wave feminism. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |