My favorite genre of music is lesbian folk-rock music and by that I mean mostly the Indigo Girls, but you know, songs that involve a very specific brand of raw emotions and more often than not, a guitar. Let’s tap into your deepest gayest feelings today as we answer the question on everybody’s lips: which emotionally intense ’90s lesbian song are you? (Full disclosure: two of the songs are from the late ’80s.)
Riese is the 41-year-old Co-Founder of Autostraddle.com as well as an award-winning writer, video-maker, LGBTQ+ Marketing consultant and aspiring cyber-performance artist who grew up in Michigan, lost her mind in New York and now lives in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in nine books, magazines including Marie Claire and Curve, and all over the web including Nylon, Queerty, Nerve, Bitch, Emily Books and Jezebel. She had a very popular personal blog once upon a time, and then she recapped The L Word, and then she had the idea to make this place, and now here we all are! In 2016, she was nominated for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism. She's Jewish and has a cute dog named Carol. Follow her on twitter and instagram.
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Closer To Fine!! I love it. (Also still mystified that my 27 year old lesbian girlfriend had never heard it before Barbie???????)
Omg molly! it seems like the younger generations desperately need some indigo girlsology
both hands by Ani. Yup.
Great quiz! Always love your work, Riese. One editorial note (although maybe I misread somehow?): Zami came out in 1982. I first read it in college, and I’m old!
thank you for the catch! (and the compliment!) yes i did the thing where i looked at when my personal copy was printed instead of when the book actually came out đ
I do that all the time!
I got Fast Car by Tracy Chapman and that feels like a big win
Yup, totally Me.
Come to my window by Melissa Etheridge… Interesting, seems like 90s me, not like me-now. But I guess, that’s the point đ
Ok the only reason I didnât pick black combat boots as 90s fashion statement of choice is because I am still very much wearing them every day aha.
Thanks Riese, love ur work!
I Kissed A Girl? If only. Maybe one day it’ll happen, and then I’ll check out this song.
Closer to Fine! Which checks out.
I got âCloser to fineâ which makes total sense because the Indigo Girls was part of the soundtrack of my childhood! My mom loves them and would play their music all the time, coincidence that she ended with two queer kids?
I wanted constant craving and i got constant craving, even though my answers were not very emotional?? How??