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From: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
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Subject: Re: Lauper(?), Feminism and Ferron
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Date: Tue, 5-Feb-85 06:54:36 EST
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Coming up next month at Berkeley Zellerbach is Ferron. How anyone can refer
to Lauper as a feminist singer when such powerful and dedicated voices go
unmentioned is beyond me!

I understand there's a fairly vocal group of feminist musical artists who
employ a folk, and often country, idiom to express a peculiarly intense
statement.

As a fan of social/political music (and angstmusik in general), I'd enjoy
hearing anything at all about Ferron, or anyone else who is involved with
feminist music. Surprisingly, punk/hardcore has produced almost nothing in
this genre, to my knowledge, except for `Penis Envy' by Crass.

-michael