I mention it in my memoir, being in Chicago when I was 3 years old, and what a huge impression it made on me. She's excited to reconnect with friends and fans who have followed her across the decades, and to play her music for new fans who are still discovering her work. Alix Dobkin, singer, songwriter, and the face of the iconic The Future is Female t-shirt photo, died peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by family, on May 19th from a brain aneurysm and stroke. That to me is what 21st-century activism has to look like.'ĭobkin is looking forward to her appearance at the Alt Q Festival. Twenty-first century activism to me means alliances between progressive groups and true life-affirming groups. 'We broke both of those things in the '70s. 'The only way oppression can work is by silence and isolation,' she says. Nearly 40 years after she recorded her groundbreaking LP of lesbian pride, Dobkin is still working for progressive change. She is also a key member of the national organization Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC). On the personal front, Dobkin is a proud mother and doting grandmother. The book's subtitle - 'A Memoir of Growing Up Communist, Coming Onto the Greenwich Village Folk Scene, and Coming Out in the Feminist Movement' - captures the intensity of a life spent at the forefront of social change. In 2009, she wrote the fine memoir, 'My Red Blood,' released on Alyson Books. She released a number of albums and a songbook, and has been a revered act on the women's music circuit.

superstars like Bob Dylan, according to her 2009 memoir My Red Blood. Dobkin's subsequent career has been one of constant music and activism. Culture news - Curated collection of articles on Alix Dobkin topic - Alix.

My Red Blood by Alix Dobkin