A review by misscassylee
Girl in a Band: A Memoir by

informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

3.5 this was pretty good. Gordon definitely wrote this too close to her divorce and so she was definitely processing some trauma and feelings about that — understandably so. You can’t be married to someone for 30 years and not feel some type of way about an affair that ate up 6 years or whatever it was. It definitely colors my opinion of Thurston and the “other woman.” I think it also speaks to some of her bitterness that other folks called anti feminist. I disagree on that point, I think Gordon is feminist af and has the receipts to show for that. I enjoyed learning about the 80s art scene and NYC living and the odd intersections of musicians and art. I also liked her discussion of motherhood, marriage, and just getting older. 

I also feel compelled to mention that for some reason I thought she was much younger and a Gen Xer. I was tangentially aware of Sonic Youth as a young person, but it I never fully engaged with it back then. I’ve got a tidy list of music to check out which is cool. Her new album, The Collective and the NYT article prompted my dive in to Gordon. I’m enjoying this fun little rabbit hole I found myself in.