#123: Then & Now, Joan Baez, Folly Cove Collective, Celia Pym, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Kelsey Rodriguez, Andreas Petrossiants (Mutual Aid), Sarah Cameron Sunde, Mercedes Sosa, and Sama Abdulhadi.
I wonder what Joan Baez would’ve been like if she was active now, post-punk & post-feminist, instead of back when every pop music institution was misogynistic to the bone. Not my generation, but it sounded exhausting.
This is what the early sixties was like for women. I was about 12 or so. My dad had given me an acoustic guitar. I put a record on our home turntable of some guy wailing on electric (rock) guitar, and I thought -- wow, I'd like to do that. Then a voice in my head said: nah, women don't do that, only guys. I suppressed the desire and stuck with acoustic. But, yeah - all that suppression was exhausting. It was just what you did back then. If only Fanny https://fannyrocks.com/ had been around! (Note: suppression always finds an outlet, though).
I wonder what Joan Baez would’ve been like if she was active now, post-punk & post-feminist, instead of back when every pop music institution was misogynistic to the bone. Not my generation, but it sounded exhausting.
This is what the early sixties was like for women. I was about 12 or so. My dad had given me an acoustic guitar. I put a record on our home turntable of some guy wailing on electric (rock) guitar, and I thought -- wow, I'd like to do that. Then a voice in my head said: nah, women don't do that, only guys. I suppressed the desire and stuck with acoustic. But, yeah - all that suppression was exhausting. It was just what you did back then. If only Fanny https://fannyrocks.com/ had been around! (Note: suppression always finds an outlet, though).
I love that songbook!
Yes, it's a classic! Beautifully printed; I love the art, too.