A review by twilightfan420
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein

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4.5

This is truly one of the best memoirs I’ve read in a long while. I believe Carrie Brownstein is one of the most creatively talented people of this age and this book only further proved it. It was everything a memoir should be: visceral, exposed, sometimes nauseatingly sad with punches of laugh-out-loud humor in the same graf. I’ve rarely seen musicians explore the intersection between fandom and fame, but I thought this memoir did so in a way that really made me evaluate the relationship fans form with musicians they admire. As a casual fan of Sleater-Kinney (though I’m on a huge listening kick now) I loved getting to dive into the world of Riot Grrrl and feminist punk music; the way Brownstein wrote was so immersive you couldn’t pick this book up without knowing who or what Sleater-Kinney is and probably still enjoy it just as much. I can tell this memoir will be one I return to both for inspiration and to re-read some of the best narrative nonfiction I’ve found in a moment. 
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