Represents looks more impressive when you consider the female rock icons who have had to deal with taking a hiatus or a credibility hit in decade No. 2. (For the purposes of this discussion, I'll acknowledge that the whole "women in rock" category can seem arbitrary. I'm therefore going to limit it to punkishly hued rock, and say that, for example, Madonna doesn't count. Especially since Madge brings to mind Duke Ellington's formulation of being "beyond category"—an exception to virtually every rule.) Starting in 1975, Patti Smith cut one brilliant record annually, four years running, before taking a pass through most of the '80s. Joan Jett put out a steady stream of records for 11 years, before observing a decadelong break starting in the '90s. Meantime, Liz Phair received exactly a two-record leash before haters started lacerating her reputation—for changing too much, being too pop, becoming too Gap-ad mainstream sexy. (Phair, whose second-decade records are better than their reputation

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