Lost Grrrls
Scrapbook of a Barbarian Generation feminist
and wannabe bulletproof tiger.
(You can also reach me via email and twitter)
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The song kicks off the record, and it’s about women realizing that they are in fact 51% of the population, and learning how to take back their power. In the story, the inmates of a Victorian insane asylum for girls break free and go on a rampage against the doctors who terrorized them. For me, ‘Fight Like a Girl’ means to fight like the ultimate badass you are. It’s time to take back the words and phrases that are used to ridicule girls and insult boys and transform them into sources of power. If you’re going to live, then fight, and every fight scene needs a good soundtrack. This record is my soundtrack. Of course, there’s an overriding story arc. It’s a social critique of the mental healthcare system spanning from the 19th century all the way up to the present, as well as the inequality women still face worldwide, whether they’re “crazy” or not. I’m drawing upon my own personal experience as a notoriously bi-polar person who has been committed and lived to tell the tale.
Hopefully, my story will give strength to those who need it, and raise a little awareness.
Emilie Autumn
I came across this quote recently in my work (one of my part-time jobs is handling PR for a group of local venues, so I write up quick press releases for some of the artists that come through, and this was in her press release). I was initially put off by the way her publicist/ manager/ etc had used her mental illness in the bio, because it felt pretty exploitative, so I was hesitant to include that in my own press release because I didn’t want to add to the “mental illness is a sensational story” stigma. But then I came across this and just… holy shit, awesome quote.
Her music doesn’t do much for me, personally, but I have so much respect for this.
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