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Coffee Break: Feminist anthems

INDIO, CA - APRIL 14:  Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California.
INDIO, CA - APRIL 14: Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California.Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Coachella

by Anna Weggel

September 28, 2018

All over the news headlines this week is yesterday's Senate Judiciary Committee testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Ford spoke of her allegation that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers in 1982. Kavanaugh vehemently denied it.

For today's Song War we put Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me" against Beyonce's "Who Run the World (girls)", and we realized we have to keep the female-fronted music going.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what feminist anthems do you want to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive. Or, when you register for a Minnesota Public Radio account, you can send requests via Alexa, too Just say "Alexa, ask The Current to play Song by Artist" e.g. "Alexa, ask The Current to play Left of the Dial by The Replacements."

Songs played

Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castle
PJ Harvey - 50ft Queenie
Queen Latifah - Ladies First
Deap Vally - Smile More
Loretta Lynn - The Pill
M.I.A. - Bad Girls
Aretha Franklin - Respect
Beyonce - Run the World (Girls)