Hah, I've always been torn on Ani Difranco... there are some songs I really do love (Imperfectly!), but there are a lot that completely miss the mark with me. I have a good family life, and, quite honestly, I've never really had any issue/angst with dating the people I date. :P And her fanbase was so... very... passionately teenaged. Cough.
Plus, her newer jazz-influenced stuff I just really dislike musically; I'm a folk girl all the way.
But I still like a lot of her early work... and Natalie Imbruglia, Paula Cole, Sarah McLachlan, Jewel; I am a TOTAL nineties-folk-girl-Lilith-Fair-stuff girl, it's true. XD
(Jewel was actually one I came around on; I HATED "You Were Meant for Me" when it got radio play, but a friend forced me to sit down and listen and realize most of her songs are about social issues and not unrequited luuuuuuuuv.)
No! Of course not! There's nothing wrong with wanting to be stunning in a beautiful way rather than a shocking way! Or... I'm going to keep telling myself that. Do like I'm going to do and get a tattoo, and then maybe you'll feel better about the whole thing! ^__^
Yes... like I said about the signature looks, it's kind of weird; I find myself rebelling against the very idea that I'm expected to look any certain way, even pink. Alternative societal expectations are still societal expectations. (I think I will probably do pink tips, though; I think I'm happy with mostly brown, but with a little bit of pink. XD)
Oh, actually, that's on my list! I've never liked (for me) the idea of getting a tattoo just to have one... but I want to get little pink stars over my bloodwork and surgery scars: turn something negative into something positive and all that.
I think I told you about the tattoo I want and how I want it over my scar, but I don't remember... ^^; I'm all about making lemonade out of the lemons. ^_^
lol~ I'm glad someone else who likes the 90's folk-rock girls isn't a huge Ani fan! Dar is definitely my favorite of them overall, but I love Natalie Imbruglia and Sarah McLachlan as well. I like Fiona Apple better than any of them, but I don't think she quite fits in the category... dunno she's kind of hard to place.
Ooo, Fiona Apple! I think she counts, but yes, not quite as folksy.
No, I definitely chafed against the rampant Ani-worship... I was just thinking, it's funny, Amanda Palmer seems to be the Ani Difranco of the moment. (I like her, too, but not to the extent of excessive devotion that she inspires in teenage girls.)
Hah, I've always been torn on Ani Difranco... there are some songs I really do love (Imperfectly!), but there are a lot that completely miss the mark with me. I have a good family life, and, quite honestly, I've never really had any issue/angst with dating the people I date. :P And her fanbase was so... very... passionately teenaged. Cough.
Plus, her newer jazz-influenced stuff I just really dislike musically; I'm a folk girl all the way.
But I still like a lot of her early work... and Natalie Imbruglia, Paula Cole, Sarah McLachlan, Jewel; I am a TOTAL nineties-folk-girl-Lilith-Fair-stuff girl, it's true. XD
(Jewel was actually one I came around on; I HATED "You Were Meant for Me" when it got radio play, but a friend forced me to sit down and listen and realize most of her songs are about social issues and not unrequited luuuuuuuuv.)
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Oh, actually, that's on my list! I've never liked (for me) the idea of getting a tattoo just to have one... but I want to get little pink stars over my bloodwork and surgery scars: turn something negative into something positive and all that.
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No, I definitely chafed against the rampant Ani-worship... I was just thinking, it's funny, Amanda Palmer seems to be the Ani Difranco of the moment. (I like her, too, but not to the extent of excessive devotion that she inspires in teenage girls.)
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