The Sleater-Kinney Guide to Living Well and Rocking Forever
Amy Klein examines the lasting legacy of Sleater-Kinney with respect to managing creative balance, knowing when to quit, and learning to be yourself at all costs.
This is so great.
When Corin gets on TV or on the cover of some magazine or something like that, it makes me so happy to see her looking, well, like herself. I’m so sick of sanitized images of middle-aged women. What’s beautiful is the smile lines Corin’s got, the thought lines, the awesome, deep eyes, the experience that’s visible in her face and audible in her voice. I often worry that the emphasis the internet places on speed of discovery makes us leap to snatch up all the art that’s new, while forgetting that good art takes a long time. Very often, the people who have been around the longest have the most to say. And while rock and roll was once an aspect of youthful rebellion, we’re rapidly entering a different sort of era. It’s undeniable that the genre has changed and is continuing to. At this point, several generations have grown up on it. I’m part of one of these generations, and I hope I can continue to grow up on it as long as I can. In my thirties, I want rock stars who do and don’t look like me. I want rock stars with careers. Rock stars with families. Rock stars with honesty, social responsibility, and integrity. Rock stars to look up to. Rock stars who lean in, lean out, and do jump kicks while singing fuck it to the whole system.