This memoir by a music icon was expected to be a tell-all about scandal and betrayal. But we discuss how it's actually about defense mechanisms that give the illusion of cool confidence.

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• Girl in a Band
• 1991: The Year Punk Broke
• Sonic Youth
• The Messthetics
• Motherfucker
• The Purkinje Shift (live)
• Rap Damage

Additional Resources:

• Kim Gordon’s ‘Girl in a Band’
• Mooallem, S. (2015). 60s KIM GORDON. Harper's Bazaar, 304-307.
• Unconventional Idol: Kim Gordon's Girl in a Band
• FELSENTHAL, J. (2015). ONE-WOMAN SHOW. Marie Claire (US Edition), 22(3), 226.
• Even Kim Gordon Doesn't Have It All
• Weiner, J. (2015). Kim Gordon's New Noise. Rolling Stone, (1230), 18.
• Why Do Women's Music Memoirs Sell So Erratically?
• Kim Gordon: Girl in a Band