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Publisher's summary
From the guitarist of the pioneering band Sleater-Kinney, the book Kim Gordon says "everyone has been waiting for" and a New York Times Notable Book of 2015 - a candid, funny, and deeply personal look at making a life - and finding yourself - in music.
Before Carrie Brownstein became a music icon, she was a young girl growing up in the Pacific Northwest just as it was becoming the setting for one the most important movements in rock history. Seeking a sense of home and identity, she would discover both while moving from spectator to creator in experiencing the power and mystery of a live performance. With Sleater-Kinney, Brownstein and her bandmates rose to prominence in the burgeoning underground feminist punk-rock movement that would define music and pop culture in the 1990s. They would be cited as “America’s best rock band” by legendary music critic Greil Marcus for their defiant, exuberant brand of punk that resisted labels and limitations, and redefined notions of gender in rock.
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl is an intimate and revealing narrative of her escape from a turbulent family life into a world where music was the means toward self-invention, community, and rescue. Along the way, Brownstein chronicles the excitement and contradictions within the era’s flourishing and fiercely independent music subculture, including experiences that sowed the seeds for the observational satire of the popular television series Portlandia years later.
With deft, lucid prose Brownstein proves herself as formidable on the page as on the stage. Accessibly raw, honest, and heartfelt, this book captures the experience of being a young woman, a born performer, and an outsider, and ultimately finding one’s true calling through hard work, courage and the intoxicating power of rock and roll.
Critic reviews
"In the vast library of recent rock memoirs...Ms. Brownstein’s may be the one that most nakedly exposes its author’s personality." (The New York Times)
"Carrie Brownstein writes the way she plays guitar, with raw honesty, passion, and great humor in Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl." (Vanity Fair)
"A memoir that's both candid and brave, and a powerful tribute to the power of music to heal, to connect, to break you down and then make you whole again.... Brownstein's music has always helped people feel like they really do belong somewhere, and her wonderful memoir does the same thing." (NPR)
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- 01-09-16
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I am a fan of both sleater-kinney and portlandia and wild flag. brownstein does a great job shedding light on band/touring life and a relationship to music. however I don't know that I learned much about what changed over the course of the hiatus that helped heal old wounds or helped her grow emotionally....so the resolution felt unearned and out of nowhere... everything went wrong until suddenly it was fine again.
my other criticism would be the vocabulary choices making the prose seem academic, fussed over so much as if to impress English professors. this has the effect of presenting a very honest, personal story come off as a little too distant and packaged.
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- jasmine
- 10-28-15
thank you
Thank you, Carrie Brownstien, for reminding me that the journey in life is a lot more meaningful than closing your eyes and plugging your nose through it until one day you're magically the person you want to be. you are incredibly inspiring
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- cine42
- 03-01-16
An intellectual memoir of priviledge + awkwardness
What did you like best about Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl? What did you like least?
I got to the middle of chapter 7 of 28 before I found the narration too annoying to continue. Thankfully I did not pay money for the book and got it for free.
A "punk" memoir this is not. This is Carrie Brownstein. She shops at the Gap, went to pretentious Evergreen State and tells you early on that she had never even met a person who lived in a (gasp!) apartment building until she was in middle school. Her mother, suffering from anorexia, warns the young Carrie not to judge the other patients at the rehab center because they (gasp!) shop at thrift stores. She then goes on to detail how her parents underwrote her "punk rebellion". Gag me.
She describes growing up in a family that was aloof, distant and overly intellectual. Apparently she inherited those traits because that is exactly how I found the book.
I agree with the other reviewer who said it sounds like it was written as a college essay. Overly pretentious words like "insouciant" sprinkle nearly every sentence. And why would you ever begin a sentence in a memoir with the words "Additionally..."? The language is so heavy-handed, I found it unbearable to get through.
This is less of a moving account of someone's life and more of an opportunity for Carrie Brownstein to highlight her academic writing skills.
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aloof, intellectual, boring
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- JENNIFER
- 03-03-16
I heart Carrie Brownstein
I became a fan of Carrie Brownstein when she was a critic on NPR's All Songs Considered. I waded into some Sleater-Kinney and found a few tracks I liked a lot, then after listening to this book (and while listening to the book) I dove into the entire S-K catalogue and now consider myself to be A super fan.
This book is mostly about Sleater-Kinney, I dont think she even mentioned her NPR gig and barely mentions Portlandia. But you so not need to be a fan of any of her work to appreciate this book. Ms. Brownstein's journey from fan to musician is one that any music bio fan will appreciate. Spoiler alert: being on tour is not glamorous!
Ms. Brownstein is not only funny and sometimes self-deprecating, but she is really honest. I was impressed with how she acknowledged her mistakes, and the people she hurt along the way. I felt like I was participating in an apologetic confession. Not in a bad way hough! It's a lot lighter than I am making it sound! except for one part near the end. I could have lived without hearing about a bad thing that happened in her household one day, but I think she needed to include it. For her. And bad things DO happen.
I appreciated the "bonus" interview that came with the audio book.
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- Heidi Stevens
- 10-30-15
Such a wonderful, honest, and deliberate memoir
As someone who was somewhat cheated out of experiencing Riot Girl and subsequent genres/movements, listening to this book was a real revelatory experience. It is made even better by the fact that Brownstein reads the text.
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- Carla S.
- 12-06-15
I fell in love with Carrie Brownstein and ask water Kinney all over again
As a fan of the band for the past 15+ years, this book was an absolute joy. It's a heartfelt and inspired look into a world I often wondered so much about. Carrie's story is told in such a poignant way -- she is an amazing story teller. I must say that hearing her read the words she so passionately wrote, made me feel like I was hearing a friend talk to me for hours, while I listened intently. The saddest part is that it's over. And now I feel like I'm going to miss hearing my friend. Guess I'll have to listen to it again at some point. :)
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- Rachel
- 12-13-15
Great, but nothing at all about Portlandia...
I thought this was a thoughtful, well written autobiography. I loved hearing all about her childhood and her band. I just wished she had devoted even a chapter - or a half a chapter - to meeting Fred, their journey together with Portlandia, and how it feels to be working in a different medium- one that relates to who she was as a child so specifically. She's so insightful; I missed hearing her thoughts about this whole new chapter of her life.
She mentions in the interview that appears after the book that she feels like she's still in it so she's too close to it to write about it. I totally get that. Still, I wish she'd at least touched on how they met and how it came together. Oh well, I guess that's her next book.
Still, overall, an enjoyable listen.
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- zmlode
- 03-06-16
Carrie Forever!
I never knew much about Sleater-Kinny, but am a die hard Portlandia fan, so was very excited to hear the story about the band who helped make her the awesome person she is today. The story wasn't always pleasant, but a lot of her life experiences were relatable. Throughly enjoyed the interview at the end. Really hope she writes another after the next chapter of her life post-Portlandia.
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- Zane
- 11-17-15
She's such a wonderful writer
Listening to Carrie Brownstein read her own story adds so much to this beautifully written memoir. You get the added bonus of some musical performance as well. Highly recommend.
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- Liz Carbone
- 07-16-20
Chill with the vocab
You can’t use ersatz twice in one chapter. This isn’t fucking Fallada. Moments of clarity on white feminism from the perspective of a privileged upper middle class attention seeker in an otherwise whiny and uninspired let down.
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A must read for anyone in the medical field, and anyone who has ever gone undiagnosed.
- By Sarah M Valentino on 05-13-20
By: Susannah Cahalan
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Everything's Trash, but It's Okay
- By: Phoebe Robinson, Ilana Glazer - foreword
- Narrated by: Phoebe Robinson
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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New York Times best-selling author and star of 2 Dope Queens Phoebe Robinson is back with a new, hilarious, and timely essay collection on gender, race, dating, and the Dumpster fire that is our world. Written in her trademark unfiltered and witty style, Robinson's latest collection is a call to arms. Outfitted with on-point pop culture references, these essays tackle a wide range of topics: giving feminism a tough-love talk on intersectionality, telling society's beauty standards to kick rocks, and calling foul on our culture's obsession with work.
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Hmmm...I don't know what to tell you on this one
- By cinda on 10-24-18
By: Phoebe Robinson, and others
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Notes from the Bathroom Line
- Humor, Art, and Low-Grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy
- By: Amy Solomon
- Narrated by: Amy Solomon, full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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A collection of never-before-seen humor pieces - essays, satire, short stories, poetry, cartoons, artwork, and more - from 150 of the biggest female comedians today, curated by Amy Solomon, a producer of the hit HBO shows Silicon Valley and Barry.
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Wrong generation
- By Anonymous User on 04-08-21
By: Amy Solomon
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Panic and Joy
- My Solo Path to Motherhood
- By: Emma Brockes
- Narrated by: Emma Brockes
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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When British journalist, memoirist, and New York-transplant Emma Brockes decides to become pregnant, she quickly realizes that, being single, 37, and in the early stages of a same-sex relationship, she's going to have to be untraditional about it. From the moment she decides to stop "futzing" around, have her eggs counted, and "get cracking"; through multiple rounds of IUI; to the births of her twins, which her girlfriend gamely documents with her iPhone and selfie stick, Brockes brings the listener every step of the way.
By: Emma Brockes
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A Woman First: First Woman
- A Memoir
- By: Selina Meyer
- Narrated by: Selina Meyer
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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The long-awaited memoir of her tumultuous year in office, A Woman First: First Woman is an intimate first-person account of the public and private lives of Selina Meyer, America's first woman president.
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Go. Get it. Now.
- By Sookie M on 04-24-19
By: Selina Meyer
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Together
- A Memoir of a Marriage and a Medical Mishap
- By: Judy Goldman
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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When Judy Goldman’s husband of almost four decades has a routine spinal injection to alleviate back pain, he is instantly paralyzed from the waist down - a phenomenon no doctor can explain or undo. She’s forced to take over, navigating the byzantine medical world they suddenly find themselves in. Her husband is forced to give in. This is the starting point for Together, which looks at the changes every couple faces - the slow, ordinary ones brought about by time and the sudden, dramatic ones that take us by surprise.
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Completely involving
- By Jane Smith on 05-23-19
By: Judy Goldman
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Brain on Fire
- My Month of Madness
- By: Susannah Cahalan
- Narrated by: Susannah Cahalan
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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When 24-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a hospital room, strapped to her bed and unable to move or speak, she had no memory of how she’d gotten there. Days earlier, she had been on the threshold of a new, adult life: At the beginning of her first serious relationship and a promising career at a major New York newspaper. Now she was labeled violent, psychotic, a flight risk. What happened?
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A must read for anyone in the medical field, and anyone who has ever gone undiagnosed.
- By Sarah M Valentino on 05-13-20
By: Susannah Cahalan
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Everything's Trash, but It's Okay
- By: Phoebe Robinson, Ilana Glazer - foreword
- Narrated by: Phoebe Robinson
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
New York Times best-selling author and star of 2 Dope Queens Phoebe Robinson is back with a new, hilarious, and timely essay collection on gender, race, dating, and the Dumpster fire that is our world. Written in her trademark unfiltered and witty style, Robinson's latest collection is a call to arms. Outfitted with on-point pop culture references, these essays tackle a wide range of topics: giving feminism a tough-love talk on intersectionality, telling society's beauty standards to kick rocks, and calling foul on our culture's obsession with work.
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Hmmm...I don't know what to tell you on this one
- By cinda on 10-24-18
By: Phoebe Robinson, and others
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Notes from the Bathroom Line
- Humor, Art, and Low-Grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy
- By: Amy Solomon
- Narrated by: Amy Solomon, full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
A collection of never-before-seen humor pieces - essays, satire, short stories, poetry, cartoons, artwork, and more - from 150 of the biggest female comedians today, curated by Amy Solomon, a producer of the hit HBO shows Silicon Valley and Barry.
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Wrong generation
- By Anonymous User on 04-08-21
By: Amy Solomon
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Panic and Joy
- My Solo Path to Motherhood
- By: Emma Brockes
- Narrated by: Emma Brockes
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
When British journalist, memoirist, and New York-transplant Emma Brockes decides to become pregnant, she quickly realizes that, being single, 37, and in the early stages of a same-sex relationship, she's going to have to be untraditional about it. From the moment she decides to stop "futzing" around, have her eggs counted, and "get cracking"; through multiple rounds of IUI; to the births of her twins, which her girlfriend gamely documents with her iPhone and selfie stick, Brockes brings the listener every step of the way.
By: Emma Brockes
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A Woman First: First Woman
- A Memoir
- By: Selina Meyer
- Narrated by: Selina Meyer
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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The long-awaited memoir of her tumultuous year in office, A Woman First: First Woman is an intimate first-person account of the public and private lives of Selina Meyer, America's first woman president.
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Go. Get it. Now.
- By Sookie M on 04-24-19
By: Selina Meyer
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Together
- A Memoir of a Marriage and a Medical Mishap
- By: Judy Goldman
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
When Judy Goldman’s husband of almost four decades has a routine spinal injection to alleviate back pain, he is instantly paralyzed from the waist down - a phenomenon no doctor can explain or undo. She’s forced to take over, navigating the byzantine medical world they suddenly find themselves in. Her husband is forced to give in. This is the starting point for Together, which looks at the changes every couple faces - the slow, ordinary ones brought about by time and the sudden, dramatic ones that take us by surprise.
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Completely involving
- By Jane Smith on 05-23-19
By: Judy Goldman
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All the Lives We Ever Lived
- Seeking Solace in Virginia Woolf
- By: Katharine Smyth
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Katharine Smyth was a student at Oxford when she first read Virginia Woolf’s modernist masterpiece To the Lighthouse in the comfort of an English sitting room, and in the companionable silence she shared with her father. After his death - a calamity that claimed her favorite person - she returned to that beloved novel as a way of wrestling with his memory and understanding her own grief. Through her inventive, highly personal reading of To the Lighthouse, Smyth guides us toward a new vision of Woolf’s most demanding and rewarding novel.
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Surprised I Finished This
- By Amazon Customer on 03-25-22
By: Katharine Smyth
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Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant
- By: Joel Golby
- Narrated by: Joel Golby
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Joel Golby's writing for Vice and The Guardian, with its wry observation and naked self-reflection, has brought him a wide and devoted following. Now, in his first book, he presents a blistering collection of new and newly expanded essays - including the achingly funny viral hit "Things You Only Know When Both Your Parents Are Dead." In this audiobook, he travels to Saudi Arabia, where he acts as a perplexed bystander at a camel pageant; offers a survival guide for the modern dinner party (i.e. how to tactfully escape at the first sign of an adult board game); and more.
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Definitely a five (5) star audiobook experience
- By Manatee on 03-20-19
By: Joel Golby
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Fairest
- A Memoir
- By: Meredith Talusan
- Narrated by: Meredith Talusan
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Fairest is a memoir about a precocious boy with albinism, a "sun child" from a rural Philippine village, who would grow up to become a woman in America. Coping with the strain of parental neglect and the elusive promise of US citizenship, Talusan found childhood comfort from her devoted grandmother, a grounding force as she was treated by others with special preference or public curiosity.
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Amazing, eye opening, heartbreaking and healing
- By Anonymous User on 07-02-20
By: Meredith Talusan
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Knocking Myself Up
- A Memoir of My (In)Fertility
- By: Michelle Tea
- Narrated by: Michelle Tea
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Written in intimate, gleefully TMI prose, Knocking Myself Up is the irreverent account of Tea’s route to parenthood—with a group of ride-or-die friends, a generous drag queen, and a whole lot of can-do pluck. Along the way she falls in love with a wholesome genderqueer a decade her junior, attempts biohacking herself a baby with black market fertility meds (and magicking herself an offspring with witch-enchanted honey), learns her eggs are busted, and enters the Fertility Industrial Complex in order to carry her younger lover’s baby.
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Wonderful
- By Lindsey on 01-26-23
By: Michelle Tea
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Jimmy Neurosis
- A Memoir
- By: James Oseland
- Narrated by: James Oseland
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Long before James Oseland was a judge on Top Chef Masters, he was a teenage rebel growing up in the pre-Silicon Valley, California, suburbs, yearning for a taste of something wild. Diving headfirst into the churning mayhem of the punk movement, he renamed himself Jimmy Neurosis and embarked on a journey into a vibrant underground world populated by visionary musicians and artists.
By: James Oseland
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High Conflict
- Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out
- By: Amanda Ripley
- Narrated by: Amanda Ripley
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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