Essential Feminism Songs

I found a great playlist on iTunes the other day so I wanted to share it with all of you for Feminist Friday!!!

And of course, it starts with Queen B! ❤

• Run the World (Girls) – Beyonce
• Respect – Aretha Franklin
• Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
• I Am Woman – Helen Reddy
• Confident – Demi Lovato
• Express Yourself – Madonna
• The Greatest – Sia
• Brave – Sara Bareilles
• Just a Girl – No Doubt
• These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ – Nancy Sinatra
• Roar – Katy Perry
• You Don’t Own Me – Lesley Gore
• Rebel Girl – Bikini Kill
• Can’t Hold Us Down – Christina Aguilera
• Ladies First – Queen Latifah & Monie Love
• Kill V. Maim – Grimes
• The Pill – Loretta Lynn
• Proud – Tegan and Sara
• Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves – Eurythmics
• Bitch – Meredith Brooks
• Scars to Your Beautiful – ALeissa Cara
• Don’t Make Me Over – Dionne Warwick
• Not a Pretty Girl – Ani DiFranco
• Don’t Touch My Hair – Solange
• I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
• Who Says – Selena Gomez & The Scene
• Work It – Missy Elliott
• I’m Every Woman – Chaka Khan
• The One’s for the Girls – Martina McBride
• Good as Hell – Lizzo
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
• Oh Bondage Up Yours! – X-Ray Spex
• Til It Happens to You – Lady Gaga
• Wannabe – Spice Girls
• Independent Women, Pt 1 -Destiney’s Child
• Brass In Pocket – Pretenders
• Cornflake Girl – Tori Amos
• Fight Song – Rachel Platten
• Man! I Feel Like a Woman – Shania Twain
• Sit Still, Look Pretty – Daya
• Think (About It) – Ly nCollins
• Flawless Remix – Beyonce (feat. Nicki Minaj)
• Not Ready to Make Nice – Dixie Chicks
• 50ft Queenie – PJ Harvey
• Q.U.E.E.N. – Janelle Monae (feat Erykah Badu)
• Girl in a Country Song – Maddie & Tae
• Asking for It – Hole
• Control – Janet Jackson
• Hard out Here – Lily Allen
• None of Your Business – Salt-N-Pepa
• Kool Thing – Sonic Youth
• Mama’s Broken Heart – Miranda Lambert
• U.N.I.T.Y. – Queen Latifa
• Miss Independent – Kelly Clarkson
• Girl On Fire – Alicia Keys (feat Nicki Minaj)
• #1 Must Have – Sleater Kinney
• Bad Girls – M.I.A.
• Doo Wop – Lauryn Hill
• Feeling Good – Nina Simone
• She Works Hard For the Money – Donna Summer
• Free Your Mind – En Vogue
• Follow Your Arrow – Kacey Musgraves
• Good Woman Down – Mary J. Blige
• No Scrubs – TLC
• Man – Neko Case
• Window Seat – Erykah Badu
• I Choose – India.Arie
• I’m a Survivor – Reba McEntire
• Body of My Own – Charlie XCX
• Stronger – Britney Spears
• Hit Me With Your Best Shot – Pat Benatar
• Army of Me – Bjork
• Just Because I’m a Woman – Dolly Parton
• I’m Coming Out – Diana Ross
• Feeling Myself – Nicki Minaj (feat Beyonce)
• Fucking Perfect – P!nk
• Harper Valley P.T.A. – Jeannie C. Riley
• 6’1″ – Liz Phair
• Bold Soul Sister – Ike & Tina Turner
• Guys Do It All the Time – Mindy McCready
• That’s My Girl – Fifth Harmony
• On My Own – Miley Cyrus
• Phenomenal Woman – Laura Mvula
• I Didn’t Know My Own Strength – Whitney Houston
• Sisters, O Sisters – Yoko Ono
• You Learn – Alanis Morissette
• You Gotta Be – Des’ree
• The Emperor’s New Clothes – Sinead O’Connor
• People Have the Power  – Patti Smith
• Nobody Ever Told You – Carrie Underwood
• Typical Girls – The Slits
• No More Tears (Enough is Enough) – Barbra Streisand
• Nobody Knows What’s Going On (In My Mind But Me) – The Chiffons
• Golden – Jill Scott
• Stronger – Kelly Clarkson
• Hollaback Girl – Gwen Stefani
• Bossy – Kelis (feat Too $hort)
• It’s a Post – Nellie McKay
• Same Jones’ Blues – Bessie Smith & Irving Johns
• Past, Present and Future – The Shangri-Las