Carrie Brownstein’s memoir Hunger Makes me a Modern Girl reflects on her adolescence and her experience being the guitarist in the ’90s punk band Sleater-Kinney. The memoir is a gorgeous reflection on music, fandom and how you can be changed by creativity. We rounded up our favorite quotes from the book.
Performing
Family
To be a fan
Witness
Desiring for connection
Desire
Bigger than mere human form
Someone else
Bravery
Adopt coolness
Sense of realness
The only story
Find yourself
“It makes for an interesting performance, attempting to both find yourself and lose yourself onstage.”
Onstage
Into existence
Rock journalism
Vulnerable in creativity
We were a band
Belonging
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