Songs, Anthems, and Music for Women

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Amanda Palmer - Judy Blume

People keep asking me why I do things like I do
In all of this measuring influence I forgot you
You and me lying behind the Monhegan Hotel
And you told me things that nobody around me would tell
That was the summer when everyone touched me at once
It's like one day they ignored me, the next, they were all down my pants
But you were in bed with me, safe, before anyone else
You opened beside me and held me when I needed help
You and me lying together at night in my room
You've been inside me forever…Judy Blume

I couldn't carry a tune but I thought I could sing
No one had told me that thoughts were a good or bad thing
But I started noticing grown-ups would smile and cringe
You taught me that you could say anything you could think

[…]

All of them [the characters] lived in my head, quietly whispering:
"You are not so strange"
I don't remember the details of seventh grade
All I remember is lying and being afraid

[…]

All of them mixed up in my head like a love letter
All of those saying "Amanda you know better
You are not to blame
The world's a frightening place
So go on and think how you want
You will not be alone with your thoughts
Well you will, but you won't in a way
'Cause a girl thought it too in a book that the library bought"

People will keep asking me why I do things like I do
And from now on I'll tell them, Nick Cave, and I'll talk about you
Judy, I can't believe sometimes that I'm an adult
And the girls like I was think that I have this s**t figured out
You and me lying together at night in my room
You'll be inside us forever, Judy Blume

Songfacts - Only Women Bleed

I really like Merrill Garbus

A song about abortion and friendship.



https://youtu.be/Npq_ieGCzes?si=YlwVQDZ-6AVQqcb7

Amanda Palmer - Voicemail For Jill

https://youtu.be/Mq86e4Fhja0?si=KBDke77SX9f42y1P

India Arie - Video

Sometimes I shave my legs and sometimes I don't
Sometimes I comb my hair and sometimes I won't
Depend on how the wind blows, I might even paint my toes
It really just depends on whatever feels good in my soul

When I look in the mirror and the only one there is me
Every freckle on my face is where it's supposed to be
And I know my creator didn't make no mistakes on me
My feet, my thighs, my lips, my eyes, I'm loving what I see

I'm not the average girl from your video
And I ain't built like a supermodel
But I learned to love myself unconditionally
Because I am a queen
I'm not the average girl from your video
My worth is not determined by the price of my clothes
No matter what I'm wearing I will always be
India Arie

Am I less of a lady if I don't wear panty hose?
My mama said a lady ain't what she wears, but what she knows
But I've drawn the conclusion, it's all an illusion
Confusion's the name of the game
A misconception, a vast deception
Something's gotta change…

Poe - Control

^ Cool song! I’ve never heard it before.

This song was posted earlier in the thread, but this version is a bit different.



https://youtu.be/vq3sdF0YXkM?si=V_gqH0yDKHzDPwoA

Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew

https://youtu.be/oHRNrgDIJfo?si=X3GS28gIGsrOK0A4

Nina Simone - Feeling Good

https://youtu.be/T3560rtbW6E?si=S2_VTgeV9ILDbBzO

Sara Bareilles - Love Song

https://youtu.be/vVg7mtgEqGY?si=YNpitGJj5VtUFYjn

Ani DiFranco - 32 Flavors

Squint your eyes and look closer
I'm not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am 32 flavors and then some
And I'm beyond your peripheral vision
So you might want to turn your head
Cause someday you are gonna get hungry
And eat most of the words you just said

God help you if you are an ugly girl
Course, too pretty is also your doom
Cause everyone harbors a secret hatred
For the prettiest girl in the room
And God help you if you are a phoenix
And you dare to rise up from the ash
A thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy
While you are just flying past…

https://youtu.be/iHrt3hRK_9E?si=YyVM_cS-CaL4MFWV

Ani DiFranco - Not a Pretty Girl

I am not an angry girl
But it seems like I've got everyone fooled
Every time I say something they find hard to hear
They chalk it up to my anger
And never to their own fear
Imagine you're a girl
Just trying to finally come clean
Knowing full well they'd prefer you were dirty
And smiling…