Love & Politics: A 30 Year Saga

Artist: Alix Dobkin
Label: Women's Wax Works
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 023234000721
EAN: 0023234000721
ASIN: B0000000E9

Release Date: 1994-07-26

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Tracks:

Shinin' Thru'
Woman in Your Life
Woman's Love
View from Gay Head
Over the Banks
Mary B
Amazon ABC
My Lesbian Wars
If It Wasn't for the Woman
Mother Knows
Just Like a Woman
Denny's Tune
Theme from "Getting Ready"
Never Been Better
Some Boys
These Women
Yahoo Australia
Crushes
Intimacy
Lesbian Code

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Customer Reviews:

Tells it like it is!.......2005-10-12

She pulls no punches. Yes, the truth does hurt.
Whenever I feel depressed or angry at the state of the world, this is among the albums I listen to.
She takes the patriarchy out behind the barn, and gives it a good pounding, Xena-style.
I might add that I have had the pleasure of attending one of her concerts,and meeting her personally. She is a warm friendly person and only bashes those males who need it. Only problem is that takes in most of us!

Classic Radical Lesbian Music! Gotta love Alix........2005-01-13

This is classic 70s-based "second wave feminism" wimmin's music. If that's not what you're looking for, you're probably going to be thrown for a loop. :)

Alix Dobkin is one of THE names in wimmin's music -- her music is powerful and it will absolutely touch you where your heart is ... IF you identify with her politics. If you don't, well, let's just say this is a woman who doesn't pull her punches! She lays it out as she sees it, and if you don't like it, too bad. This woman is a *radical feminist* in the true sense of the term "radical feminist" (as opposed to liberal feminist, socialist feminist, etc.). Look it up if you have no idea what I'm talking about.

The moral of the story is: I suggest checking out some of her lyrics before you purchase the CD. That should give you an idea of whether this is the CD for you. The musical style itself is, as mentioned above, "wimmin's" music. That means it's written/played by a woman, but it also means more than that; not all music written by women qualifies as wimmin's music. Wimmin's/womyn's/women's music is a *specific style.* Lots of acoustic guitar -- great for singing in a big circle of womyn. :)

If you already know you love Alix -- this is a good mix of her music. Buy it! :)

Hateful tripe.......2003-02-25

Seemingly innocuous female folk, until you get a load of the hateful and pretentious lyrics. Here's an example of some of the simplistic, jingoistic hate speech masquerading as lyrics:

from MY LESBIAN WARS:
"When we turned away from men
How could we know the damage they had done?
Yes, life could be a paradise
But men have made it otherwise"

from SOME BOYS:
"You may say 'love'
You may say 'romance', 'desire',
But Power says,
"Just make sure to give him pleasure"
The more you give, the more they need
The more they take, the more they hate you"

It seems obvious that a male abused Ms. Dobkin in her formative years. However, rather than deal with that trauma positively and peacefully, she has let it manifest itself into a 30 year career of hate and misandry. That's a pity, as she does exhibit musical talent.

There's no place or excuse for generalized hate against women *or* men. That lesson was missed by this reactionary.

love this girl.......2002-02-03

i'm not a lesbian but i love this lady. she is a great songwriter and singer and FUN to listen to.

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