"OK, that's the depressing song. OK, that's the depressing song." She walked to a corner of the audience, turned her back, and sobbed. "This is OK." She wiped her eyes and squinted out to the silent, almost funeral crowd. "All these women. It is so intense. This is OK because this next poem is about this kick-ass woman who kills a moose. She kills this moose and drags it home and feeds everybody with the moose meat. It's called Plate."

Everyone erupted into laughter, and the show went on. Another gorgeous moment came when she got everyone to repeatedly say "I'm not sorry." She goes, "I don't know if people are into it or not, but I notice women seem to say 'I'm sorry' a lot. So I was wondering if you'd all be into saying 'I'm not sorry' like, let's say it 10 times."

I'm busting a gut so hard I can only say "I'm not sorry" twice. If you've never been in a environment with a lot of women, then you may not understand how hilarious this was. Kinnie's way of confronting the exclusively female phenomena of apologizing for taking up space was an empowering and humorous form of protest.

"Starpower, Starpower, Starpower make love to me," turned out to be the Kinnie Starr theme song because after her encore and standing ovation, the two emcees came out and chanted, her "Starpower, Starpower, Starpower make love to me," for a long time. Ms. Starr's walking a very fine line here. She is true to her belief that a star is a sociological construct which weakens humanity and glorifies individuals in an insanely unrealistic way.

Conversely, Kinnie is going to be a huge star. Because she is so emotionally real, vulnerable, articulate, talented, and loving--things many people fear greatly in themselves, and thus, look for in others--people are going to glorify her in an insanely unrealistic way. But we know Kinnie Starr will always come out on top because she says stuff like this: "I made my first roadkill on this tour. A bunny. I usually just see roadkill. I've never made one."

"Did you cry?" I asked.

"Are you fucking kidding? I laughed. That's life."

P.S. It was very important to Ms. Starr that the Starpower women in her life are acknowledged. We therefore wish to honor Lindsay Davis, Lorrina Belluz, Coco Love Alcorn, Erin Reid, Mrs. Donna Starr, Linda Chinfen and Mandy Wheelwright.

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