Ellen Willis Quote

Music that boldly and aggressively laid out what the singer wanted, loved, hated — as good rock 'n' roll did — challenged me to do the same, and so, even when the content was antiwoman, antisexual, in a sense anti­human, the form encouraged my struggle for liberation.


Beginning to see the light: pieces of a decade (ed. 1981)


Music that boldly and aggressively laid out what the singer wanted, loved, hated — as good rock 'n' roll did — challenged me to do the same, and...

Music that boldly and aggressively laid out what the singer wanted, loved, hated — as good rock 'n' roll did — challenged me to do the same, and...

Music that boldly and aggressively laid out what the singer wanted, loved, hated — as good rock 'n' roll did — challenged me to do the same, and...

Music that boldly and aggressively laid out what the singer wanted, loved, hated — as good rock 'n' roll did — challenged me to do the same, and...