I received my pre-ordered Ani CD, reprieve, in the mail today. Yay! It’s not due in stores until August 8th.
I’ve been “listening” to it over and over while writing the previous post. That said, it’s been mostly serving as background music for now so I’ll refrain from saying much about it.
As a preliminary response, though, I will say that it seems a bit like revelling/reckoning, both musically and attitudinally. This is not to imply that there is no growth here, or that the themes are the same. Certainly not what I’m saying!
Of course, there is plenty here that addresses the issues of gender discussed in the previous post, including the title track.
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feminism ain’t about equality
it’s about reprieve.
Heck, in the kind of timeliness that only Ani can address in my life, she even has a response to Michael:
such an intent stare
one eye at a time
your talons like fish hooks
you are a rare bird
the kind I wouldn’t even mind
writing in the margin of my books“in the margins”
Now that would be a rare bird, indeed!
I am definitely looking forward to spending time getting to know, and really listening to, this new offering from Ani.
