![]() ![]() If being reduced to our occupations is a common existential fear, then Brownstein is revered by fans because she represents the possibility of a fruitful, fulfilling life not defined by any one title–or rather, defined by many.Īs a child in Redmond, Wash., Brownstein remembers, she had a strong desire to perform and become someone else. This year’s ferocious comeback album, No Cities to Love, gave Sleater-Kinney its biggest sales week ever in January and introduced it to a new wave of listeners. “Do I have value outside of work?” The answer would appear to be yes–although her value in rock hasn’t gone away. ![]() ![]() “I really wondered what my value was,” Brownstein says of her time away from the band. She balanced Portlandia’s comedy with a dramatic role in the acclaimed Amazon series Transparent, which returns for a second season in December. She worked in an ad agency for six months. That year she won the Oregon Humane Society Volunteer of the Year Award, spending her free time spearheading adoption programs and hosing down dog poop. She wouldn’t have guessed she’d be here after Sleater-Kinney announced an “indefinite hiatus” in 2006. ![]()
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