Where Have I Been?


"Working for the better good
(which is good at its best)
and too, bearing witness
like a woman bears a child:
with all her might

Born of the greatest pain
into a grand canyon of light"

~Ani DiFranco, "Grand Canyon"



Under a rock, is apparently where you'll find me. Just read yesterday that Ani DiFranco announced she was 12 weeks pregnant at the end of July. I love that she announced the news while being honored for her "contributions to the feminist movement." Hardcore feminists were upset when she married her sound engineer in 1998. I sort of lost track of her personal life after that, but it's surprising I didn't hear them shout for joy when she divorced five years later...

She's never been one to do the expected thing, though. When Ms. Magazine ran a feature about her success, she wrote the editor an open letter about how they got it all wrong, reiterating that "it's not about the money" and that she doesn't want to be known as a CEO when she dies.

And she's still not playing by the book... I see from her website that even though she's due in February she'll be on tour through late November. How one plays guitar as raucously as she does over a pregnant belly, I'm not sure. But if anyone can find a way...

Posted: Thu - September 14, 2006 at 06:55 AM           |

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