god she was fearless back in the day. I still remember hearing her for the first time...what a breath of fresh air. I don't relate to her new stuff; seeing this is kinda bittersweet for me.
Oh lets stop the arguing, sexuality is awesome because it changes. Why do we have to be gay/lesbian/queer/bisexual? Can't we just be human. Isn't that just enough?
@Lovemuffinz Yeah, but if you're so pro-choice and insist on making a mockery of people who are pro-life, why would have a child? You obviously don't believe in life beginning at conception, in being a host and the risks are phenomenal. It's like going out a picking a fight with your self. No one chooses to be alive, it just happens. So one life is worth more than another because you choose it to be so? Whatever, go ahead and kill, but don't say that it's wrong to murder.
@TheMelissaNakama i have never had an abortion and You are ridiculous in your argument. One life is more important than another..well yes sometimes. When a pregnancy is aborted due to health risks for the mother and or child then it obviously comes down to what life to save. To say that all life is equal is pathetically unrealistic. You are obviously close minded and dont need to watch or listen to Ani Difranco if it offends your right winged sensibility. I advocate a womans right to chose
@Lovemuffinz As Eric Hoffer explained brilliantly, the "true believer" isn't capable of being swayed by logic or reason. In fact, more recent evidence suggests that contrary evidence actually makes such "true believers" more entrenched in their original position. The "true believers" here aren't necessarily religious, right wing, left wing or anything specific. It's a type of belief in whatever position one takes without consideration, reason or healthy skepticism.
@Lovemuffinz I did have an open mind and guess what? It leads me to dealing with people like you who irrationaly jump to conclusions and persecute people without even realizing what they are saying. I tried to be pro-choice, I tried to be gay, I tried to be cool, and guess what I'm not and it's wrong to be something you're not. So pardon me for living my life the way that it works out for me. And your insults only prove how thoughtless your stands are.
@TheMelissaNakama i hardly think i insulted you. I simply stated that you seem close minded. You "tried to be gay? ". I dont know why you include that in some kind of argument or reason . I am not gay and never tried to be. I am currently pregnant and am going to have the baby, my fiance and myself are very happy about it. I am an ani fan and i get angry when people try and put her in a ridiculous box. I am sorry if you felt threatened or offended by anything i said but you offended me.
except for the line of my upper lip when it curls dressed in my best greasy skin and squinty eyes I'm the only part of summer here that made it inside in the air-conditioned building decorated with corporate flair I wonder can these boys smell me bleeding though my underwear
there's men wearing the blood of the women they love there's white wearing the blood of the brown but every woman learns to bleed from the moon and we bleed to renew life every time it's cut down I got my vertebrae all stacked up as high as they go I but I still feel myself sliding from the earth that I know so I excuse myself and leave the room say my period came early but it's not a minute too soon
I go and find the only other woman on the floor is the secretary sitting at the desk by the door I ask her if she's got a tampon I could use she says oh honey, what a hassle for you sure I do you know I do I say it ain't no hassle, no, it ain't no mess right now it's the only power that I possess
these businessmen got the money they got the instruments of death But I can make life I can make breath sitting in the boardroom the I'm-so-bored room listening to the suits talk about their world I didn't really have much to say the whole time I was there so I just left a big brown bloodstain on their white chair
I bringing the song and lyrics for this into my Women, Wisdom, and Power class. I've loved Ani for years and I can't wait to share this with my classmates!
how doese smearing the blood from your period all over yourself make you a stronger woman. looks disgusting to me. i guess if your an angry femenist then gross bodily functions somehow make a statement. whats next, is she going to smear shit all over herself and say that men treat her like shit?
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this sick disgusting pig is a joke. her music sucks, and she needs to get a grip on her dyke man hating. what a foul piece of shit. all you bull dykes out there, feel free to go roll in your menstrual blood you sick freaks.
Uh, you know she's married to a man, right? And has a child with him. Which makes her bisexual, and obviously not a man hating dyke (;
And even if she was gay, she's definitely not a bull dyke. She's way too femme for it.
This song is more a feminist statement, about being proud of your womanhood and your body and not letting anyone make you feel bad about it, not a "dyke thing". Just to clear things up.
god she was fearless back in the day. I still remember hearing her for the first time...what a breath of fresh air. I don't relate to her new stuff; seeing this is kinda bittersweet for me.
RachelMadeThis 10 months ago
Oh lets stop the arguing, sexuality is awesome because it changes. Why do we have to be gay/lesbian/queer/bisexual? Can't we just be human. Isn't that just enough?
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Neil3271 1 year ago
Reminds me of pro-choice movements...ironically, she has a kid.
TheMelissaNakama 1 year ago
@TheMelissaNakama you can be pro choice and have a kid. Its pro choice not anti reproduction lol
Lovemuffinz 1 year ago 4
@Lovemuffinz Yeah, but if you're so pro-choice and insist on making a mockery of people who are pro-life, why would have a child? You obviously don't believe in life beginning at conception, in being a host and the risks are phenomenal. It's like going out a picking a fight with your self. No one chooses to be alive, it just happens. So one life is worth more than another because you choose it to be so? Whatever, go ahead and kill, but don't say that it's wrong to murder.
TheMelissaNakama 1 year ago
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Lovemuffinz 1 year ago
@TheMelissaNakama i have never had an abortion and You are ridiculous in your argument. One life is more important than another..well yes sometimes. When a pregnancy is aborted due to health risks for the mother and or child then it obviously comes down to what life to save. To say that all life is equal is pathetically unrealistic. You are obviously close minded and dont need to watch or listen to Ani Difranco if it offends your right winged sensibility. I advocate a womans right to chose
Lovemuffinz 1 year ago 5
@Lovemuffinz As Eric Hoffer explained brilliantly, the "true believer" isn't capable of being swayed by logic or reason. In fact, more recent evidence suggests that contrary evidence actually makes such "true believers" more entrenched in their original position. The "true believers" here aren't necessarily religious, right wing, left wing or anything specific. It's a type of belief in whatever position one takes without consideration, reason or healthy skepticism.
Neil3271 1 year ago
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Neil3271 1 year ago
@Lovemuffinz I did have an open mind and guess what? It leads me to dealing with people like you who irrationaly jump to conclusions and persecute people without even realizing what they are saying. I tried to be pro-choice, I tried to be gay, I tried to be cool, and guess what I'm not and it's wrong to be something you're not. So pardon me for living my life the way that it works out for me. And your insults only prove how thoughtless your stands are.
TheMelissaNakama 1 year ago
@TheMelissaNakama i hardly think i insulted you. I simply stated that you seem close minded. You "tried to be gay? ". I dont know why you include that in some kind of argument or reason . I am not gay and never tried to be. I am currently pregnant and am going to have the baby, my fiance and myself are very happy about it. I am an ani fan and i get angry when people try and put her in a ridiculous box. I am sorry if you felt threatened or offended by anything i said but you offended me.
Lovemuffinz 1 year ago
@TheMelissaNakama You tried to be gay? Gay is something you are.
MzHibou 1 year ago
@TheMelissaNakama how on earth is it ironic to have a kid and be pro-choice?
maisfeliz 1 year ago
"i wear my heart underneath my right pantleg....strapped to my boot." - - ani
MysticMoonGoddess67 1 year ago
Hooooooly shit.
How is it that I've been an Ani fan since freaking Puddle Dive and I never saw this video 'til today? Fucking awesome!
I love Ani in all her incarnations but it's such a nostalgic treat to see her young and all punked out.
zaitesushion 2 years ago 3
i love this song i love this video i love ani and i am so lucky i got see her in chico ca a couple years ago it was cereal
yorkandpomona 2 years ago
Wow! Absolutely sublime.
AsheeshAnand 2 years ago
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vetmooiman 2 years ago
What a rarity! Talk about NOT MtV material back in those -or any -days! Thank you!!!
BelieveYouMe 2 years ago 7
I love you Ani.
kohanechan 2 years ago
wow this is so vulgar and raw.
i love it! :] haha
keep on folkin' us up ani d.
calmncollected10 2 years ago 4
sitting in the boardroom
the I'm-so-bored room
listening to the suits
talk about their world
they can make straight lines
out of almost anything
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yorkandpomona 2 years ago
I've been playing this song on a loop for the last twenty minutes, it's amazing! and I'm a gay guy so it's really weird I love it so much!
morethanadream 2 years ago 3
i am a bi guy and i love this song as well!!!! well i love ani difranco anyway..kisses
insomniacsuicide 2 years ago 3
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misticaloto 3 years ago
IT AIN'T NO HASSLE. IT AIN'T NO MESS.
lewlew00 3 years ago 5
I bringing the song and lyrics for this into my Women, Wisdom, and Power class. I've loved Ani for years and I can't wait to share this with my classmates!
imafuckingrobot 3 years ago 5
so fucking amazing looove the beginning
thenscream 3 years ago 5
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how doese smearing the blood from your period all over yourself make you a stronger woman. looks disgusting to me. i guess if your an angry femenist then gross bodily functions somehow make a statement. whats next, is she going to smear shit all over herself and say that men treat her like shit?
mdjbm 3 years ago
Good question, but first - how did bleeding that much not kill her?
narozzz 2 years ago
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this sick disgusting pig is a joke. her music sucks, and she needs to get a grip on her dyke man hating. what a foul piece of shit. all you bull dykes out there, feel free to go roll in your menstrual blood you sick freaks.
mdjbm 2 years ago
How exactly is this man-hating?
BTVSBlackIris 2 years ago 4
lol^^
OscarFlahertie 2 years ago
Uh, you know she's married to a man, right? And has a child with him. Which makes her bisexual, and obviously not a man hating dyke (;
And even if she was gay, she's definitely not a bull dyke. She's way too femme for it.
This song is more a feminist statement, about being proud of your womanhood and your body and not letting anyone make you feel bad about it, not a "dyke thing". Just to clear things up.
MistressBlaed 2 years ago 30
@MistressBlaed I know she has a kid but she's really married????
rogerrogerduh 1 year ago
@MistressBlaed well said!
breezee0622 1 year ago
@MistressBlaed ^5 sisiter! rock on!
Lovemuffinz 1 year ago
clearly you're male.
lovestopanic 2 years ago 2
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Well, yeah. But honestly, is this like a really...really......REALLY bad month?
narozzz 2 years ago
no, it's fake blood and symbolism! It's about the empowerment and extent of the blood and the....well, beauty of it, i guess.
Artistic license!
lovestopanic 2 years ago 3
and also, how else would they get the blood on her FACE? Vertically? Good luck with that one!
lovestopanic 2 years ago
WTF?! The live parts of this video were filmed at Zaphod's in Ottawa, my hometown! Look at the backdrop!
That's so weird.
mark1800 3 years ago
thx for posting this.. just great!
Tritium8 3 years ago
**sing
3mily53arl3s 4 years ago
She's my hero...who else would have the nerve to song about periods...it's fuck corporate america...i really lurve it.
3mily53arl3s 4 years ago
the nerve to sing a song about periods and then make a VIDEO for it.
she's amazing.
sundaygirl 4 years ago 6
yes indeedy...hehe. i wanna learn how to play it && do it at some open mic event somewhere.
3mily53arl3s 4 years ago
oh ani we love you so
grigg034 5 years ago
Ani gave birth on the 20th of January to 7 pound, 8 ounce little girl, Petah Lucia.
JeanneH17 5 years ago
Wow! She's so young!!! 1993... amazing.
How fitting as well - her with the baby!! Now that's she's due in a month!!!
Dollie66 5 years ago