In a recent article titled “The Only Three Women in Bruce Springsteen’s Music," writer Rebecca Bohanan critiques the role that female characters have played in Bruce Springsteen’s music. She ends her article stating:
…Springsteen's American Dream is still about a man providing for his family, but is this an accurate vision of contemporary America? Where are the women who want to provide, too?
This morning, I read the attached post by my friend and colleague, Monica D'Antonio. She's a huge Bruce Springsteen fan and a great writer. She also knows BS when she sees it, and when a critic boiled the female characters in all of Springsteen's songs down to three reductive archetypes, Monica had something to say in response...
As always you find some of the most interesting articles. Thank you for introducing me to yet another engaging post to read.
Thanks for the tip. That was a very interesting read and a very interesting idea.