Paste Magazine June/July 2010 : Page 55

            S                             B Y M A R I S A M E L T Z E R L I L I T H F A I R I S B A C K . WH Y D O WE C A R E ? When Lilith Fair—Sarah McLachlan’s all-woman music festival, which toured the U.S. in the balmiest months of 1997-1999—announced a revival tour, a comeback scheduled to trek across North America this summer, my best friend and I squealed with delight and imme-diately made plans to go. But first, a confession: I didn’t attend Lilith the first time around. My adolescence had been spent going to Bikini Kill and L7 concerts, so the folky music of the Lilith roster struck me as too self-consciously feminine, the sense of community too contrived. So what happened—in music, feminism, and politics—in the ensuing 11 years that made the festival’s return seem not only necessary, but kind of cool?                                                                      JUNE | JULY 2010 55

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