Jessica Hopper
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The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic
9 editions
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2015
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Night Moves
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2018
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The Girls' Guide to Rocking: How to Start a Band, Book Gigs, and Get Rolling to Rock Stardom
3 editions
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2009
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No God But Herself: How Women Changed Music in 1975
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The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic:
"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"
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The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic:
"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"
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Matt Glaviano's review
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The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic:
"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 » |
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The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic:
"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"
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Morgan's review
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The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic:
"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"
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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.”
― The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic
― 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.”
― The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic
― 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.”
― The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic
― The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic
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