![]() ![]() We just never see any depiction of women doing drugs unless it's Amy Winehouse or Courtney Love, and then it's a tale of warning and trepidation," she notes. "It’s like men are celebrated for exploring, stretching their minds. She is anchored to her belief that this, above all, is why the book exists, speaking passionately about how society can "patronise and diminish young people" and how one-dimensional the coming-of-age story can be for them, particularly when it comes to the discussions of drug use that feature heavily in the memoir. "There’s just so few books and so little representation for queer women, especially women in music, that we really asked from this place of, 'God, imagine how much this would have benefited us as young people'," says Quin. It's how the "varying degrees of excitement, apprehension and dread" felt by the core characters who agreed to participate and reveal what are, at times, particularly intimate details were eased – a deep and mutual understanding of why they needed to be shared. Writing the book allowed the pair to tell their stories, and those of their friends and peers, with the kind of candid and raw honesty that is rarely afforded to marginalised people, if their stories are told at all. It’s a consensual rummage through your favourite band’s diary the details wonderfully juicy, the humour sharp as it is silly, the ups and downs in parts relatable and enlightening, but all with an incredibly potent message at its heart.Īlongside their musical achievements and throughout their 20-year career, the band have been leading voices for LGBTQ+ and women’s equality and in 2016 formed the Tegan and Sara Foundation, a charity that advocates for economic justice, health and representation. The result of this deep dive into the past is a book that is universal – high school is a rite of passage almost everyone goes through, after all – but also unequivocally for the fans. What did I know about life and love?" she asks rhetorically, her voice now indignant. "But by the time I was 18, I’d uncovered my ability to create, I'd gotten offered a record deal, I had travelled, I had established that I was a queer person, I had experimented and got really deep into drugs and come out of it, I was a latchkey kid, my parents divorced twice, I had the shit kicked out of me a thousand times because I went to a school with a lot of gangs and drugs and two friends had died. That they have to go out and live to truly have experience. ![]() When we look back, of course we feel like we know a lot, but I think that means we create a narrative for all young people that they don't know anything. ![]() "It just reminded me how fucking hard it is to be in high school and how hard it is to be young. "It definitely did not make me want to be back in high school," she begins. And, importantly, being featured on the Grey’s Anatomy soundtrack.īorn of thousands of pictures and notes, 20-plus hours of VHS tapes and interviews with friends, family and ex-lovers, High School takes the trip back to Calgary, Canada where the sisters grew up in the 90s during the height of rave and grunge culture – both of which would influence their band’s sound for decades to come.įor Tegan Quin, however, looking back wasn’t all warm and fuzzy. The book charts the pair’s teenage years and formation of the band that would start off recording demos at school and go on to be Grammy-nominated indie-pop icons selling over a million records, touring the whole world and seeing huge mainstream success all while maintaining their punk ethos. That is what twin sisters and bandmates Tegan and Sara Quin did when researching and writing their first memoir, High School. But imagine going back into the depths of your youth to revisit the excruciating details: first loves and heartbreaks, fateful parties and misadventures, complicated family dynamics, friendships that came and went. ![]()
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