Have we seen her be self-promoting? A million times.
These days, when celebrity is cultivated and managed a la, Courtney Love's feminist status starts to look really radical: No man has ever had that hold on her. She's the real deal: a grungy girl punk rock star. She comes from an era when women played their own instruments and wrote their own songs, but she's not one of those Jewel-ish whiners or Sheryl Crow lite rockers. She is not from the starlet factory where they mint Jojos and Rhiannas and other girls who can do that sweet-yet-sexy-yet-a-little-tough thing. Yet it is undeniably a reflection of Love's psyche, confirming that Love's allure lies in her glorious disarray. This book may be the most direct and honest work that Love has done to date." -Jac Chebatoris,Newsweek "Exhibits a heretofore unappreciated level of self-knowledge." -Rebecca Winters Keegan,Time "This is a pastiche, an assemblage, the most Barthian of texts. A collage of a life spent in pursuit of validation, fueled by her relentless creativity. Wade into its depths with caution and you will still get pulled under." -Mikael Wood, Tim e Out N e w York, "Intimate. But we've never seen her bow down to anyone or anything, including public opinion." -Lisa Levy, Salon "An often fascinating document. These days, when celebrity is cultivated and managed la, Courtney Love's feminist status starts to look really radical: No man has ever had that hold on her. This book may be the most direct and honest work that Love has done to date." -Jac Chebatoris, Newsweek "Exhibits a heretofore unappreciated level of self-knowledge." -Rebecca Winters Keegan, Tim e "This is a pastiche, an assemblage, the most Barthian of texts.
Unfortunately, the only thing wrong with being a survivor is you have to keep getting in trouble to show off your gift." Book jacket.
After all is said and done-whenever that is-she is a survivor. So these journals are a glimpse into the unhip, unobserved (until now) Courtney Love. Courtney with her rampant empathy-a person without insulation.But she's always used her writing and her music to make sense of it first in these journal entries and early wise child lyrics from the age of fourteen, then with music: her band Hole, from their amazing landmark album Pretty on the Inside, to their critically acclaimed Live Through This.and then Hole's Celebrity Skin, along with Courtney's solo album, America's Sweetheart, and finally the newest (and perhaps most remarkable) album, How Dirty Girls Get Clean. Courtney, the wild child, wise beyond anyone's years, a precocious kid. Courtney trying to make sense of things, succeeding, failing.