SHEROES & QUEEROES with ani difranco

Our Pride Month series SHEROES & QUEEROES comes to a close with
an in-depth conversation and look back at ani difranco's iconic and
most commercially successful eighth studio album, 1998's Little
Plastic Castle. The 25th anniversary reissue has arrived, and with
it, many reflections on that chapter of ani's career. Ani holds
nothing back in openly discussing the complexities of that time, as
many of her queer fans expressed feelings of betrayal when their
SHERO/QUEERO ani difranco married a man (gasp!), and her
anti-capitalist fans called her a sellout for producing what was
her most polished studio album to date and all the media attention
that came with it. Yet, its massive success and magazine cover
stories was a major accomplishment for this openly bisexual woman
who had blazed trails in every way, including building her career
from the ground up as a 100% independent artist who started one of
the very first female owned, "queer happy" record labels in 1990,
Righteous Babe Records. And while, haters gonna hate, there were
countless young women and queer folx who finally found their SHERO,
felt seen, and found inspiration and empowerment by witnessing
ani's against-all-odds success.