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women who slay the balance

yesterday, as i was preparing to fly from texas day the other day (where i wrote the open letter/THIS happened) on home (to get ready for THIS), someone tweeted a question at me…

he was referring to this bit of the letter to sinéad:
It’s a Chinese finger trap that reflects the basic problems of our women-times: we’re either scolded for looking sexy or we’re scolded for not playing the game. Those who manage to find a perfect balance are rare, and the culture at large seems hellbent on undermining our ability to create that balance peacefully within ourselves. And weirdly, it’s generally women scolding other women…we’re our own worst enemies.

responding to the tweet with a few of my favorites (patti smith, diamanda galas, tilda swinton) created a really wonderful dialog and spontaneous twitter-list, with lots of people sending in suggestions of amazing women that should be included.
the internet loves its lists, that’s for sure (THANKS, BUZZFEED)…BUT, it’s actually surprising how at a glance, there seem to be very few notable galleries of awesome females.
(WHADDUP, BUZZFEED?!)

SO…
why not make one? why don’t we ALL make one fer fuck’s sake?
disclaimer: there are a LOT of great people missing here – in fact, this is almost all musicians with a few random badasses sprinkled throughout (it’s just what me and sean put together quick to get us going with a few from neil at the end). there are plenty of actresses and advocates and politicians and AUTHORS we didn’t even broach. and THAT my dear friends, is what the comments are for. know of a particularly good book by a particularly rad woman? you know what to do.


GRIMES (@Grimezsz)
20131005-01

TILDA SWINTON (wiki)
20131005-02

GRACE JONES (@Miss_GraceJones)
20131005-03

PATTI SMITH
20131005-04

TINA FEY & AMY POEHLER
20131005-05

FRIDA KAHLO
20131005-06

MARINA ABRAMOVIC
20131005-07

JODIE FOSTER (wiki)
20131005-08

JOAN BAEZ (@joancbaez)
20131005-09

BITCH (@BitchMusic)
20131005-10

MERRILL GARBUS aka tUnE-yArDs (@tuneyards)
20131005-11

TRACY CHAPMAN
20131005-12

BONNIE RAITT
20131005-13

PUSSY RIOT (@freepussyriot)
20131005-14

BETH DITTO (@oBETHoDITTO)
20131005-15

ARETHA FRANKLIN
20131005-16

MARGARET CHO (@margaretcho)
20131005-17

CHRISSIE HYNDE
20131005-18

“DR. RUTH” WESTHEIMER (@askdrruth)
20131005-19

JANELLE MONÁE (@JanelleMonae)
20131005-20

YOKO ONO (@yokoono)
20131005-21

LAURIE ANDERSON
20131005-22

WENDY DAVIS (@WendyDavisTexas)
20131005-23

FIONA APPLE
20131005-24

MARIANNE FAITHFULL
20131005-25

NATASHA KAHN aka BAT FOR LASHES (@Bat_for_Lashes)
20131005-26

FELICIA DAY (@feliciaday)
20131005-27

GILDA RADNER & MISS FUCKING PIGGY (Gilda’s wiki)
20131005-28

NINA SIMONE
20131005-29

MELISSA AUF DER MAUR (@xMAdMx)
20131005-30

KATHLEEN HANNA (@kathleenhanna)
20131005-31

KIM GORDON pictured w/ thurston moore (@KimletGordon)
20131005-32

KIM DEAL
20131005-33

DOLLY PARTON (@DollyParton)
20131005-34

DEBBIE HARRY
20131005-35

TAVI GEVINSON (@tavitulle)
20131005-36

FLORENCE WELCH (@flo_tweet)
20131005-37

PJ HARVEY
20131005-38

QUEEN LATIFAH (@IAMQUEENLATIFAH)
20131005-39

BJÖRK (@bjork)
20131005-40

BRODY DALLE (@BrodyDalle
20131005-41

TORI AMOS (@therealtoriamos)
20131005-42

KAREN O (@YYYs)
20131005-43

TEGAN & SARA QUIN (@teganandsara)
20131005-44

JOAN JETT
20131005-45

TINA TURNER (aunty entity, mofos)
20131005-46

NICO (wiki)
20131005-47

MARA WILSON (@MaraWritesStuff)
20131005-48

JUNE CARTER CASH pictured w/ johnny (June’s wiki)
20131005-49

SHIRLEY MANSON (@garbage)
20131005-50

ANI DIFRANCO (@anidifranco)
20131005-51

MEOW MEOW (@MeowTopia)
20131005-52

CYNDI LAUPER (@cyndilauper)
20131005-53

NEKO CASE (@NekoCase)
20131005-54

ANNIE LENNOX (@AnnieLennox)
20131005-55

ELLEN DEGENERES (@TheEllenShow)
(bonus awesome via KRISTEN BELL and LOLA the SLOTH – video)
20131005-56

DIAMANDA GALAS
20131005-57

KATE BUSH
20131005-58

JANIS JOPLIN
20131005-59

last but not least…
SINÉAD O’CONNOR
20131005-60

neil wanted to add these fine women: ELAINE STRICH, DAME JUDI DENCH, MAGGIE SMITH, JUDY COLLINS, GERMAINE GREER, DILLIE KEANE, and GLORIA STEINEM


and now…
well, today is ROAD TRIP DAY to a secret location.
i can’t wait to come back here later and read the comments. HIT IT!!!

xxx
a

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