Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville (33 1/3)
"Writing at length about two themes – ‘third-wave feminism’ and the changing nature of indie music over the past twenty years - requires laborious research, cogent arguments, and logical grounding from start to finish. Doing so in the context of one record makes the task even more difficult. I can say, having reviewed many scholarly articles in my time, that Arnold passes the test with flying colors. The book is well cited, filled (but not overwrought) with pertinent facts, and her points are structured in a way that just make sense. In a word, the book is smart."  – 2bit Monkey"Gina Arnold’s book on Liz Phair’s 1993 double LP,Exile in Guyville, is the kind of book that weighs in, pulls no punches, and shines a light on the entire enterprise of popular music." – Paul Gleason,Caught in the Carousel