from NYULocal’s showlistings:

Amy Klein and the Blue Star Band at the Hive

8:30 p.m., Free All Ages
Amy Klein, former member of the intense and beloved Titus Andronicus, will be playing some feminist benefit. Amy Klein is one of those people who can be all bra-burning and feminist, but not annoying about it. The show is technically free ($5-10 suggested donation) so there’s really no reason not go.

First of all, the show is not a benefit concert, but if it was (the band plays many), I’m glad you trivialize the idea of people giving back to their community by donating their time and art.  Secondly, sliding scale is not free, so you are wrong again. 

But most of all, that is an incredibly sexist description of an incredibly talented all female rock group.  What exactly is being all bra burning and feminist mean to you?  Are you referring to the time Amy organized a rally to protest the acquittal of Officers Franklin Mata and Kenneth Moreno? Or maybe last week when the band’s cello player Heidi organized a benefit concert for Sister Somalia, the only organization in that country helping survivors of sexual violence.  Or is it that keyboard player Kiri tirelessly works to book shows showcasing female musicians in an effort to create a space for woman that is supportive and not sexist, a space, unlike your column, where they be will taken seriously for their craft.  You are right.  These things are feminist, and they are important and necessary.

Does my standing up against your sexist, trite cliches annoy you?  If so, I’m not sorry.

PS. I’m not even wearing a bra today, so bwahahahahaha. (But if I was, I wouldn’t burn it.  That shits expensive!)

PPS. tweet @NYULocal if you don’t think sexist show listings are okay either.