From the guitarist of the pioneering band Sleater-Kinney, the book Kim Gordon says everyone has been waiting for and aNew York TimesNotable Book of 2015a candid, funny, and deeply personal look at making a lifeand finding yourselfin music.

Before Carrie Brownstein codeveloped and starred in the wildly popular TV comedyPortlandia, she was already an icon to young women for her role as a musician in the feminist punk band Sleater-Kinney. The band was a key part of the early riot- grrrl and indie rock scenes in the Pacific Northwest, known for their prodigious guitar shredding and their leftist lyrics against war, traditionalism, and gender roles.

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girlis the deeply personal and revealing narrative of Brownsteins life in music, from ardent fan to pioneering female guitarist to comedic performer and luminary in the independent rock world. Though Brownstein struggled against the music industrys sexist double standards, by 2006 she was the only woman to earn a spot onRolling Stonereaders list of the 25 Most Underrated Guitarists of All-Time. This book intimately captures what it feels like to be a young woman in a rock-and-roll band, from her days at the dawn of the underground feminist punk-rock movement that would define music and pop culture in the 1990s through today.

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