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Bree McKenna is a musician, writer, Libra and feminist witch living in Seattle. She splits her time playing bass in Tacocat, the Hardly Art punk pop band responsible for anti-street harassment anthem &#8220;Hey Girl&#8221; and celebratory menstruation surf-rock hit &#8220;Crimson Wave,&#8221; and in pregnancy-themed supergroup Childbirth, who write funny feminist punk songs gleefully commemorating questionable sexual decisions and skewering dudes who ask rude questions about scissoring. As a writer, McKenna&#8217;s work has appeared in She Shreds, Vice and Seattle alternative weekly the Stranger, notably satirizing music journalism misogyny in a &#8220;Men Who Rock!&#8221; issue and calling out punk scene sexism in her essay &#8220;Sexist Queers.&#8221; McKenna loves chihuahuas, essential oils, and spell-casting.
(Photo credit: Michael Levine)

Bree Mckenna

Music

Bree McKenna (Tacocat, Childbirth) Points out the Sad Irony Inherent in the Attacks Against Brock Turner’s Friend

Esmé Patterson&#8217;s decadal musical career sprang from Colorado&#8217;s mountains when she co-founded Denver&#8217;s beloved indie-folk ensemble Paper Bird. After four acclaimed albums and perpetual touring, Patterson set a new course. In 2012, she wove local talents, including Nathaniel Rateliff, into her first powerful, ethereal solo release All Princes, I. Her 2014 release, Woman to Woman, rounded out previously one-dimensional females from popular songs to the praise of The New York Times, The Guardian and others. “Dearly Departed,” her hit collaboration with Shakey Graves, led to millions of streams, sold out shows nationwide, as well as performances on Conan and The Late Show With David Letterman. Patterson&#8217;s newest record, We Were Wild, was released on June 10, 2016.
(Photo credit: Daniel Topete)

Esmé Patterson

Esmé Patterson Plans to Celebrate the Swedish Heroes of the Stanford Rape Case on Stage

Brock Turner