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She’s Overboard and Self-Assured

(Every Friday, look for “Seen Your Video.” I’ll toss out a song that meant enough  to me way back when to remain lodged in my head today and pick it apart. It’ll be flashbacky fun.)   Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” 1991   Kurt Cobain died 19 years ago last week, so I guess that means …

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Steubenville Needs Riot Grrrls.

Twenty years, and where are we? We’re mired in the Steubenville rape case, and I’m wondering how the hell this is still possible. How does our culture still exist when there are kids who don’t know rape when they see it? How have we not devoured our own tail when we still have women bemoaning …

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