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Tumblr, y u no allow “read more” breaks on reblogs?

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Anyway, I’m quite fond of something I think of as “mid-90s VH1core chick-rock”, though I’ve also heard “secretary rock”, which is really much more clever. Here’s an interesting retrospective on some of its biggest hits. Click through to read.

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jonathanbogart:

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So I\u2019ve been listening to this playlist a lot lately. Its title in my phone is\u00a0Lilith Farewell, because I\u2019m an inveterate punster, but it doesn\u2019t consist exclusively of women who appeared at Lilith Fairs. That\u2019s the general idea, though \u2014 mid-late 90s lady singer/songwriters with a folkish-rockish bent, the more thoughtful and plaintive the better. And (the important thing) the songs were to one degree or another radio hits. I heard them all at the time, though I haven\u2019t listened closely to any of them in a decade, and some I never did. But because I\u2019ve been listening to them a lot recently, of course I\u2019ve thought of one or two things to say about them.

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\n\nSarah McLachlan \"Building a Mystery\"\n\nFiona Apple \"Criminal\"\n\nPaula Cole \"Where Have All the Cowboys\"\n\nShawn Colvin \"Sunny Came Home\"\n\nMeredith Brooks \"Bitch\"\n\nAlana Davis \"32 Flavors\"\n\nNatalie Imbruglia \"Torn\"\n\nJewel \"Foolish Games\"\n\nNatalie Merchant \"Kind and Generous\"", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/tumblr_lu4fn8AUkI1qze2tmo9_400_97e923287357.png", "thumbnail_width": 300, "thumbnail_height": 300}