Today's Song of the Day

Awful, Hole, 1998

Clearly, it's going to be an awful day. "Swing low sweet cherry, make it awful." I welcome a day fueled by the subtle pop power of this song and the not-so-subtle goddess power of these Courtney Love lyrics. "I was punk. Now I'm just stupid. I'm so awful."

"Awful" makes me sing and smile all the while destroying my soul. Yeah. I love this song ... I love Hole and Courtney Love, too. Melissa Auf Der Maur, Eric Erlandson, Patty Schemel ... Hole stealing the light of the world in the late 1990s was a great moment in music.

Sadly, headlines triggered this song in my brain this week. "Awful" is a mirror for the glorious beauty for ashes female existence. It hits so hard and so close to home. The exploitation and oppression that comes along with being female is real. We're not toys or pawns or prey -- we're equals.

"They rob the souls of girls like you." From the music industry to politics, households, and the workforce at large, gender stereotypes still control the narrative. "They sell it out to girls like you." Now, I've aged out. Now, I'm invisible. You may not see me anymore because I'm old but I still see you and I know when someone's "deep like dirty water."

I'll leave you with this -- one of my all-time favorite lyrics: If the world is so wrong, you can take it all with just one song. One, friends. One. One song.

Happy Saturday!

**So excited for Melissa's book.