Ani DiFranco - My IQ (HQ)

[Misssandyfishnets]

I can watch this over and over again...

[mikamycrapalia]

if you like this style music you should check out aussie female artist TOBY.... toby beard on youtube ... you will love it!

[ThumbprintTheatrics]

So obsessed with this song. She's been my role model since I was 12/13. She's coming to my town in February. I finally get to see her live!

[TheMelyzza]

sexy:)

[SomeRandomChick69]

Am I the only one who wants to throw in a "Funky, Funky"?

[rhianardo]

ani and my mom taught me feminism

[gl1tchofficial]

herpaderpderp

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*dances as crowd goes crazy*

[medusalvr1968]

I love this woman SOOOOO much, I can't believe I can feel so fond for a person I've never met.

[shurikenspyder]

i would listen to her more if i wasn't staring at her breasts

[IzzyIsou]

If men are so awful, then why do dykes emulate them or, for the feminine ones, they fall for women who emulate them? I had enough of these elitist white dykes while living in San Francisco -- what a humorless, self-cenetered bunch they are.

[SomeRandomChick69]

@IzzyIsou You gotta differentiate between "Men" and "Masculine". External plumbing does not make one masculine, nor internal feminine. That said standing up to pee without getting your leg wet is a measure of power in this current world. Which is why there is a need for real feminism to counter-balance. And by real feminism I'm not talking about women getting more masculine, I'm talking women EMBRACING their feminine aspect, not denying. See Ani if you need an example.

[teecomb]

@IzzyIsou You speak like this many people, non-elitists included, will reject you. I can't imagine one "dyke" being your friend, being nice to you when you are so clearly a piece of shit. These women blur gender boundaries that are so strict in our society, saying girls can like boy things instead of being barbies. By doing so they are rejecting patriachry, and the strict definitions of women, and not men in general. no one gives a shit about you. quite being insecure

[adudecalledjordan]

her music's cool n all, but u gotta feel sorry for her bf. i bet she can be a real crazy bitch sometimes

[SomeRandomChick69]

@adudecalledjordan Dude, come to portland so I bitch-slap you until you cry for mama. Please.

[DjembeSauce]

Both men and women have a lot of pressure put on them by society and by themselves and their peers. Men have to be strong, fearless, successful, intelligent, not wimpy seeming yet not an asshole etc.

Women have to be absolutely physically perfect, independent yet caring, "feminine," and not too much of a slut OR a prude.

It's crazy. But the thing about music is its ability to bring everyone together under one groove and one good time, dancing just for the joy of it and not caring about the BS.

[2008atwt]

@DjembeSauce well said

[d3s148]

helllll yeah ani!!! suchan inspiration

[animwoman]

I think that men and women should be equal, but that doesn't mean being the same. Men and women are different and ther'e's nothing we can do to change that. There's something going wrong actually that makes us unhappy of what we are. But we got to face the truth that men and women need each other, want it or not. I'm sick of seing everywhere on youtube that all women are sluts and all men are jerk, that makes us crazy! Anyways, keep on hating, I won't change a thing here, the cause is lost...

[thenamesfrancisco]

ha thats some DOPE SHIIIIIIIIT

[xis123]

i don't care about the sex stuff being discussed....all i know....you know you want her...because she's sexy...ESPECIALLY in this video....so there....:P

[phreeeeeeeee]

Aww, I was so sad when it ended!

Thanks for all the work you do! Peace love&light

[CuddlyBadger]

Everything a woman has she has because of a man. Including her anger, self-righteousness, indignation, and ingratitude. All provisions impossible in nature. Say the word and we'll let you all go... back to the chaos. Where nobody loves you.

[goodhumourman]

@CuddlyBadger It would do you some good to read some history. There is a great book called 'misogyny' that gives a detailed and evidence based historical look at the experiences of women throughout the ages, in different cultures. AND- it is written by a man, so perhaps you will be able to take it seriously.

[CuddlyBadger]

@goodhumourman Read some history. Good advice. History... when all women got rape for breakfast and the men were murdered at sundown, and everybody died from dysentery before they turned 12. Men have sacrificed everything only to endure your face-slapping ingratitude, constantly, for thousands of years. And there isn't even a name for it. Read some history.

[rachmcdon83]

dope

[laceygg11]

Awesomeness

[Indagold]

"every tool is a weapon if you hold it right" ha! Ani is amazing.

[chucksuit]

lol, I love this...lesbian? Either way it is awesome, just wondering though, you know how we humans are, even the open minded have to label, to categorize..lol...weakness, but essential.

[MattGues]

As a generally conservative straight male who has his eyes open, I am so turned on right now by this.

(Yes, I've been listening to what Ani has been saying for years.)

[d3s3r7r0s3]

oldie!!

[Lucidamy74]

what's up with the person in the beginning?..... awkward.....otherwise, loved this live version, nice quality. Powerful song.

[narnibird]

@Lucidamy74 That is "Animal" from bitch and animal. He was almost arrested by the police in NC for dancing with his shirt open on stage. It is against the law there for "women" to bare their breasts. (Animal is transgendered).

[narnibird]

@Lucidamy74 That is "Animal" from bitch and animal. He was almost arrested by the police in NC for dancing with his shirt open on stage. It is against the law there for "women" to bare their breasts. (Animal is transgendered).

[womby28]

@Lucidamy74 That's Animal Prufrock from Bitch and Animal. They had a snippet on the DVD just before this track...it's just how the editing worked out. She puts on one hell of a performance if you get a change to see her.

[ApollonianKing]

Thumbs down because of the poser at the beginning.

[womby28]

@ApollonianKing Poser?? Bitch, that's Animal! Hah!

[bleedblue83]

She makes good music but she is an eyesore to look at.

[womby28]

@bleedblue83 Also a detour ;)

[tqiblawi]

hot.

[daniebchuckles]

She fuckin rocks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't care what people think or say . She is a great artist she WOWs me I am not gay many question the fact LOL but I don't care you are what you are judge me hate me I am me this performance she had fun she loves what she does if you tell her she can't do something she will say fuck you and do it in site of you all I could only wish I was as strong willed

[Keeper69s]

@daniebchuckles I agree bud ^_^ She's great. Just stumbled upon her today by accident and i'm impressed. Funny, i'm not gay lol

[theresalynn36]

It was, honestly, my ex boyfriend, who introduced me to Ani! She spans all barriers! Age, race, religion, genitalia, make no difference. We are all flawed, we are all beautiful. We are all capable of creation and destruction. We are all people. That is what I get out of her poetry. But, then again, that may not be what you hear! Peace, y'all!

[escapesamsara]

'Cause every tool is a weapon if you hold it right!

[flower23power]

go girl ... fight the power!!! :-)

[pippajeanette]

I was 12 when I got a hand-me-down concert tee of her, and I had never heard of her before. After that, I never went back.

God, I wish I could find another one like it.. My mom threw mine away because she was a homophobe and on the back in had two girls holding hands or something. Pissed me off.

[TheBrowndawg]

not raggin on her but this one sorta sounds like the theme from the fresh prince of bel air. cool as hell though

[zoey8072]

oh, that's sexy! ;)

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[bizzacci]

As long as I've loved her music, as many times as I've seen her live and loved it, I NEVER knew she could move like that - and still drop serious funk at the same time.

[cdm0014]

i lOvE herrr

[RuthAurora]

oh my! respect :)

[batalisto]

I'd like to see her rapping against 50 cent!!

[suibom]

Such a gloriously amazing human! Thanks for posting this.

[walckstephine]

look at my profile - Thanks that video is awsome

[iwitchhunter]

haah who is that random chick at the beginning

[firegrrrrl]

i believe that is amimal, formerly of bitch and animal

[Crbsee]

I wish I was born female just so I could be more rebellious against convention

[Anarielsun]

rebel against convention as a male.

gender norms affect us all.

[TeamStephenson]

Men have a got a LOT to be rebellious about! They are stereotyped with so many negative things.

[haildorothygale]

@TeamStephenson

I...wow, "what about the menz"? Seriously?

[TeamStephenson]

huh?

[Baxxter101]

@TeamStephenson true, true. In an odd and unforeseen way the various women liberation movements have also liberated men. I am a man, one who has always respected, loved, and appreciated women. I am grateful to live in a society where I am free to be astounded and enthralled by the beauty of an independent strong woman without the fear of being rejected as weak or wrong by my own gender. I know it is true women have made larger strides, but we are not separate, men & women walk side by side.

[dvzqz87]

@TeamStephenson yeah i remember growing up being ashamed to be a guy, i felt like guys were these terrible insensitive evil creatures that hurt girls and shit, then i learned that everyone hurts eachother, and that we're all equally susceptible to doing harm, i remember this kid i knew who went on this whole rant about how guys are terrible and that the world would be better if women ran it, he was a dude, i think back on it and it makes me pissed off that we have to grow up feeling that way

[MrJoeCage]

wow. you can really see her athleticism in the way she moves. very fluid. didn't i read somewhere that she had trained to be a dancer in her childhood?

[GahImMelting]

I think that at 9 she dropped music to dance ballet, that until 14 when she picked up the guitar again and started making her own music.

[sax3740]

this is whats up you dig!!!

[arabeea]

HAHAHA I'm just laughing; this is so tight. Ani's dope.

[NotAPrettyGirl85]

This is so empowering!

[MollyKat987]

wow. this is fucking AWSOME!!! ani rapping my IQ. NICE. i love this woman. <3

[WildHeartGrace]

AWESOME!!

She is so fun LIVE!!!

Great share! XD

[chrisgreendog]

tHanks 4 this, it was also good to see 32 flavors again.

[feelquiet]

Thanks for this, in HQ no less!