So I've only done one other Guilty Pleasure post, but Melissa Etheridge and her new album deserves one. Not because I'm even liking the album all that much, but I do like her as a person. I think she's genuine and level-headed (minus the what, 3 divorces) :-) Anyway - Melissa was my transition from Hair Metal to Lesbian Folk as I transitioned from High School to College. We go way back and she's easily earned a place in my guilty pleasure book.
Melissa Etheridge Takes A Look Back In 12th Album | Pollstar
"Have you found yourself becoming more or less political lately? I have found that I’m just political just by being who I am. Being a gay person, being a person who chooses to partake in cannabis, being a breast cancer survivor – these are all very political situations that I didn’t choose, that are naturally who I am. So just by answering the questions, I become political. I’m considered an activist, but I do not spend any more time doing those things than anyone else. It’s just that I choose to stand and be truthful about it. I think it’s interesting that I live in a country where being truthful about who you are is courageous and political. What does that say about us?"
(Continued... Melissa Etheridge Takes A Look Back In 12th Album | Pollstar)
Rock on Melissa.
I might even get this for my niece!
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