Megan Volpert

Author of PERFUME (Bloomsbury '22) & others. Public intellectual: pop culture journalist, interdisciplinary professor, tough broad. Opinions her own.

[Megan Volpert @MeganVolpert]

It's finally here! Available wherever print, digital, and audio books are sold or borrowed.

[Literary Hub @lithub]

.@MeganVolpert on how Alanis Morrisette gave a voice to her fans’s struggles.
https://t.co/BwcfPTLrx6

[University of Texas Press @UTexasPress]

Happy pub day to Megan Volpert [@MeganVolpert 💜] and her book WHY ALANIS MORISSETTE MATTERS, a great new read for all who loved to bump Jagged Little Pill in the nineties (and still do today)!

#newbooks #ReadUP

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Joni Mitchell Inspires and Unsettles a Memoirist’s Life

Reverence for Joni Mitchell is clear in Paul Lisicky’s memoir. So, too, is an artistic courage that both inspires and unsettles him. – @MeganVolpert

READ: https://t.co/TCAdWR5abh

[University of Texas Press @UTexasPress]

Megan Volpert's (@MeganVolpert) WHY ALANIS MORISSETTE MATTERS (out March 4) delves into Alanis's seminal work, Jagged Little Pill, and examines her career and life since. It's a staunchly feminist look at a powerhouse musician.

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Women in 1990s Rock Music Are Far from Dead

Tanya Pearson’s Pretend We’re Dead is both hopeful and challenging, and proves that the spirit of 1990s women in rock music is still alive and fighting. – @MeganVolpert #PMPick #BestBooks2025

READ: https://t.co/Ho1EVN4NUq

[Megan Volpert @MeganVolpert]

The second sneak peek from WHY ALANIS MORISSETTE MATTERS (University of Texas Press, March 2025) is out now at Salon. Let us put the debate over "Ironic" to bed once and for all with a little help from Carl Jung, Roland Barthes, and Lauren Berlant.

https://t.co/XuSTYBJoBm

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Punk Is a Virus That’s Infected Everything

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Tracing punk’s mutations, Iain Ellis’ Punk Beyond the Music is a robust and kaleidoscopic survey of this once-outsider subculture’s continuing, pervasive influence.
– @MeganVolpert

[Iain Ellis @IainEllis6]

A big thanks to @meganvolpert for her comprehensive (and positive) review of Punk Beyond the Music. https://t.co/LQnDS1vkCm

[University of Texas Press @UTexasPress]

We can't wait for the next installment in our Music Matters series, @MeganVolpert's WHY ALANIS MORISSETTE MATTERS, publishing next March. Read this early excerpt at @PopMatters and preorder your copy today from your favorite independent bookstore!

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Alanis Morissette and the Division and Commodification of Women in 1990s Rock

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This excerpt from @MeganVolpert's forthcoming book, Why Alanis Morissette Matters, leaves a most righteous “trail of carnage” in its wake.

Why Alanis Morissette Matters publishes in March 2025 from @UTexasPress.

[Megan Volpert @MeganVolpert]

@carynrose Thx, Caryn! Will check the others I mentioned & then update the review to reflect that.

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Naomi Novik's Fantastical Feminist Worlds

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Award-winning speculative fiction writer Naomi Novik’s short stories are collected in Buried Deep, revealing the range of her fantastical feminist worlds. – @MeganVolpert #PMPick #BestBooks2024

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The Art of Psychological Warfare

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From marketing manipulation to all-out psychological warfare, @Annaleen's Stories Are Weapons clarifies how our world – and worldview – is seldom our own.
– @MeganVolpert

[Megan Volpert @MeganVolpert]

I turned in a whole b(r)unch of hilarious headline puns for this article on the history of drag queening anthems, and we ultimately went with a very comprehensible-to-hets "slaying the charts." Happy Pride to queers and allies alike! https://t.co/ruPAjmJvJG

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When Silence Roars:

@LoriTSWriter's interviews of rock widows in I Can’t Remember If I Cried reveal life for these women when their husbands exit the stage, the music stops, and the silence roars. – @MeganVolpert

➡️ https://t.co/F2gkEPF1g1

[Megan Volpert @MeganVolpert]

"As people speculate on Trump’s 34 felony convictions and how he seems poised to turn the hush money verdict to his own advantage, analyzing how he effectively turned Springsteen's work in service of his agenda may give us some clues." My latest @Salon. https://t.co/4Ja5RyhmjL

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This Lesbian Fashion History Is a Perfectly Tailored Fit

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With Unsuitable, lesbian fashion historian Eleanor Medhurst stitches fashion, gender, and sexuality into a perfectly tailored, comprehensive, and inclusive book.
– @MeganVolpert #PMPick

[Megan Volpert @MeganVolpert]

David Bowie was a Capricorn, but it's Gemini season so I'm celebrating his Halloween Jack persona from Diamond Dogs. Can hardly believe this album is already fifty years old. Gender-fluid glam theatrics, anyone? Oh, *every*one! @Salon https://t.co/rElHr3D7DG

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Dirty Dancing in Pre-Roe V. Wade America

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Andrea Warner’s book on Dirty Dancing in pre-Roe v. Wade America, The Time of My Life (a #pmpick) is the deep dive into the film and the world in which it was created that we need in these times of eroding women's rights. – @MeganVolpert