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Love & Politics

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This is classic 70s-based "second wave feminism" wimmin's music. If that's not what you're looking for, you're probably going to be thrown for a loop. :)

Alix Dobkin is one of THE names in wimmin's music -- her music is powerful and it will absolutely touch you where your heart is ... IF you identify with her politics. If you don't, well, let's just say this is a woman who doesn't pull her punches! She lays it out as she sees it, and if you don't like it, too bad. This woman is a *radical feminist* in the true sense of the term "radical feminist" (as opposed to liberal feminist, socialist feminist, etc.). Look it up if you have no idea what I'm talking about.

The moral of the story is: I suggest checking out some of her lyrics before you purchase the CD. That should give you an idea of whether this is the CD for you. The musical style itself is, as mentioned above, "wimmin's" music. That means it's written/played by a woman, but it also means more than that; not all music written by women qualifies as wimmin's music. Wimmin's/womyn's/women's music is a *specific style.* Lots of acoustic guitar -- great for singing in a big circle of womyn. :)

If you already know you love Alix -- this is a good mix of her music. Buy it! :)

i'm not a lesbian but i love this lady. she is a great songwriter and singer and FUN to listen to.

She pulls no punches. Yes, the truth does hurt.
Whenever I feel depressed or angry at the state of the world, this is among the albums I listen to.
She takes the patriarchy out behind the barn, and gives it a good pounding, Xena-style.
I might add that I have had the pleasure of attending one of her concerts,and meeting her personally. She is a warm friendly person and only bashes those males who need it. Only problem is that takes in most of us!

0h the sexes do battle they batter about. l'll return to the bosom where my journey ends, WHERE THERE'S N0 PENlS BETWEEN US FRlENDS!!!

This wonderful litty ditty was brought to my as well as many other's attention thanks to the King 0f All Lesbians, Howard Stern. ''View From Gay Head'' (try saying that w/o giggling) is basically the ''Stairway To Heaven'' of this collection, while the rest is basically...eh.

Had Alix done this 2O years later, she would've made a much more mainstream impact, rather than be a remote footnote in lesbianic history. Who knows, maybe she could've had a cameo in the ''Ellen'' coming out episode.

Seemingly innocuous female folk, until you get a load of the hateful and pretentious lyrics. Here's an example of some of the simplistic, jingoistic hate speech masquerading as lyrics:

from MY LESBIAN WARS:
"When we turned away from men
How could we know the damage they had done?
Yes, life could be a paradise
But men have made it otherwise"

from SOME BOYS:
"You may say 'love'
You may say 'romance', 'desire',
But Power says,
"Just make sure to give him pleasure"
The more you give, the more they need
The more they take, the more they hate you"

It seems obvious that a male abused Ms. Dobkin in her formative years. However, rather than deal with that trauma positively and peacefully, she has let it manifest itself into a 30 year career of hate and misandry. That's a pity, as she does exhibit musical talent.

There's no place or excuse for generalized hate against women *or* men. That lesson was missed by this reactionary.