Siren Song

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The Portland Mercury
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=457260&category=22153
Ladies First in the Siren Nation
BY LIZZIE EHRENHALT

Since its founding in the '70s, the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival has nurtured some, and angered others by refusing to admit transgender women. The first Ladyfest in 2000 signaled an exciting new era even as Lilith Fair devolved into a punch line for lame jokes about estrogen and vague, new-agey female empowerment.