The Sexist


I say yes.


They do their hair the same way: It almost looks feathered, could just be cowlicks gone wild. Tig's hair is shorter, but it's nothing a few extensions and some mousse couldn't take care of.


Why this matters: Ray's third (?) solo album Didn't It Feel Kinder came out this time last year. I didn't buy the album because someone said it was soft and I'm still very much in love with 2005's hard-rocking Prom. Several tracks on that album (see: "Put It Out For Good") still give me goosebumps and sometimes makes me wish I was in a high school marching band, even though none of the songs on Prom explicitly reference marching band. (Implicitly, Amy Ray probably considers herself a marching band demi-god.)

Since Ray is playing the Black Cat later this month (Aug. 16), Daemon Records sent a copy of Didn't It Feel Kinder to the office as a heads up. The bloggers were right–it's totally soft. I gave up listening to the whole thing after four tracks. Ellen Newman captures my sentiments exactly in her Amazon review (titled "Not catchy or rocking"): "[Indigo Girls] music is OK, but just not what I needed right now."

The album, even though it's just not what I need right now, got me thinking: Ray's been making music for 25 years. Has any other lesbian singer had a more prolific career? Also, the only lesbian biopic I can think of off the top of my head is are Boys Don't Cry and Monster. An Amy Ray movie would not make me scared of hookers or make me feel sorry for Hilary Swank. And it could have all these cool cameo appearances from Brandi Carlile and Sleater-Kinney and other Riot Grrrl folks.



  1. #1

    I wish that Idaho had internet access.

  2. #2

    And to think, it's only been one post!

  3. #3

    Boys Don't Cry was not a lesbian biopic. At all. It was about a trans man who was straight.

  4. #4


    I'll correct the post!

  5. #5

    It's only been one post. I'm bored off my ass. Entertain me. Please! Laziest sexist editor ever!

  6. #6

    sloth is amanda's middle name. Also rock on Mike that's a cool idea.

  7. #7

    I expect more from you tomorrow Mike I won't lie.

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    Thank you kindly,

  9. #9

    Tig cracks me up. So what if she is a bad person who will do anything to suceed. That's hollwyood.

    This video of her is soooooooooo funny.

  10. #10

    Has any other lesbian singer had a more prolific career?

    duh, joan jett. or militia etheridge.

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