
Bad Reputation
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
‘I don’t really care if I’m strange. I ain’t gonna change’
I love this song, because of the beat, and the lyrics. There’s a lot to relate to, in the lyrics, which are all about being strong despite what others will think. ‘I don’t give a damn about my bad reputation’. I think Joan Jett’s voice is incredible, so much anger and self confidence in every word.
The first time that I heard this song was in ‘Ten things I hate about you’, it’s used to introduce Katarina Stratford, in the modern adaptation of Taming of the Shrew. Video posted by Lucas S
It’s been used for tribute videos for a lot of strong independent female characters in film and tv. This is one I particularly like though, Evilsheep24’s Video for Lois Lane (Smallville)
It’s one of the most empowering songs I’ve heard.
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hgolightly1982
I'm a thirty something woman who lives in the north of England. I have been a writer for as long as I can remember, creating stories both written and verbal since childhood. While studying at Edge Hill College, I got several poems published by a small publisher in the USA, and in Europe. I have been part of several writing groups, and done quite a few courses in a attempt to hone my writing skills further. I love reading different genres of fiction, knowing that the best way to develop my own writing, and my vocabulary is by exposing myself to the different ways that other people choose to describe things.
The most recent writing course that I've been part of, run by a published author, included a exercise in which we were challenged to read things that we would never usually even look at.
It inspired me to take up a challenge. Namely to attempt to read at least one book by every author which is stocked in my local library. I soon realised that I was being far too ambitious, especially given the fact that every library rotates their stock too often for me to keep track.
I've decided to instead attempt to read a book every day, starting with a author whose surname begins with A, and ending with a author whose surname begins with Z. It doesn't matter what the topic of the book is, or if it's fiction or non fiction, everything is useful for me at the minute.
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