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Jessica Hopper

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Jessica Hopper is a Chicago-based music critic and the author of The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic. She was formerly the Editorial Director at MTV News, and an editor at Pitchfork and Rookie. Her essays have appeared in Best Music Writing for 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, and 2011. Her book The Girls' Guide to Rocking was named one of 2009's Notable Books For Young Readers by the American Library Association. Her memoir, Night Moves, was published September 2018 from University of Texas Press.

Her forthcoming book, No God But Herself, is an examination of women in pop music in 1975, and is due out in Fall 2021 from MCD x FSG.
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The First Collection of Cri...

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The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica  Hopper
"rookiemag really did change and help direct my life, and this book has reminded me of that. even though they’re vaguely tangentially related, i do hold nostalgia for being 15 at the dc basement show wearing some multicolor striped shirt, loving music" Read more of this review »
The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica  Hopper
"i need to start a girl band"
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The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica  Hopper
"I really enjoyed reading this book. I have not listened in depth to many of the artists described (and some of them I had never listened to), so I listened to a stack of music through a streaming service as I read to be able to fully appreciate the w" Read more of this review »
The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica  Hopper
"A decent collection. Some of it hasn't aged well. Some pieces were clearly written for a moment and a deadline - that's the nature of journalism, though, isn't it?

Hopper's perspective - her passion for the Riot Grrl movement - was clear and relatable" Read more of this review »
The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica  Hopper
"I have two different opinions on this collection. I love what Hopper aims to accomplish with her criticism - moving beyond the technicality of the music and addressing the political and social components of consuming art. But, a lot of the material i" Read more of this review »
The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica  Hopper
"Jessica Hopper is at her best when she’s weaving a meta-narrative through a piece of criticism—and thankfully, that means she’s at her best on almost every page of this book. The tight writing, quilt of references and unabashed stance-taking is a rem" Read more of this review »
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“I want it. I need it. Because all these records, they give me a language to decipher just how fucked I am. Because there is a void in my guts which can only be filled by songs.”
Jessica Hopper, The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic

“No girl escapes teenhood without a keen awareness of exactly how the world sees her, what it expects of her; she knows the weight of the world’s desire for her down to the ounce.”
Jessica Hopper, The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic

“It is on my short list of why I will one day move to the woods. Nothing is grosser than people after last call.”
Jessica Hopper, The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic

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