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  • Alanis Morissette Bares Breast in Throwback Photo for World Breastfeeding Week

    Alanis Morissette bared her breast in a recent throwback photo. She is shown breastfeeding her son Ever, who is now three years old, in support of World Breastfeeding Week–August 1st through August 7th.

    Back in 2012 Alanis Morissette joined the debate over attachment parenting while talking with Good Morning America. At that time she addressed the effect of the recent Time magazine cover, and the stages of ‘appropriate’ childhood development. When asked if she would breastfeed her son, who was 17-months old at the time, even at five or six years old, she said she would, and that she would stop breastfeeding him whenever he wanted. She didn’t really care what other people thought. That, of course, is very true to Morissette’s view on just about everything, and just part of why she is so beloved by her fans.

    “Some kids naturally stop at two, some stop at a couple of years later, it’s up to the child. I will stop when he says it’s time to stop,” she said back then. “For me, I protect his safety and his well-being and his attachment. That stage of development is a very important stage.”

    Alanis captioned the breastfeeding shot, “family on tour đŸ˜‰ europe 2012 #worldbreastfeedingweek #isupportyou”

    It seems the singer was in a mood for reminiscing in addition to supporting World Breastfeeding Week. She also shared this shot depicting the photo shoot for the cover of her album, ‘Jagged Little Pill.’

    “The photoshoot for the cover of #jaggedlittlepill. We were up high on a cliff in Malibu. I had just moved to LA. I was 20 years old. There was much giddiness buzzing all around me. All I knew was that I wrote a record that I loved and represented me well. I was unwilling to stop until I had. I collaborated with many co-writers in both canada and america and persevered until I was in an environment that had no agenda for me other than that I was expressed well. I found this when I met glen ballard…who supported me in being ME. God bless him. And God bless this time period,” she captioned the photo.

    Alanis Morissette has a lot to remember–and to be thankful for–with regard to ‘Jagged Little Pill.’ Both a commercial and critical success, the album sold over 33 million copies worldwide and even won the Grammy Award for Album Of The Year in 1996. Hit singles from the album include ‘You Oughta Know,’ ‘Hand In My Pocket,’ ‘Ironic,’ ‘You Learn,’ ‘Head Over Feet,’ and ‘All I Really Want.’

    The singer has gone on to release five additional albums since that time.

    Alanis Morissette’s throwback Thursday pics and memories aren’t just fun to recall–they’re insightful, too. What’s your take on breastfeeding? Do you support World Breastfeeding Week? Did or will you breastfeed your child or support a woman who did or will?

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Alanis Morissette: Remembering “You Oughta Know”

    Do you know what the number one song on the Modern Rock Tracks chart was on this day in 1995? Well, you oughta. Hard to believe it’s been almost two decades since a young girl from Canada, already known by many as the brunette from You Can’t Do That On Television, shocked radio listeners everywhere with her hard-hitting, slightly unnerving, catchy-as-hell pop tune You Oughta Know.

    The song was one that if it came on in the car and you were with your mother, it would make you both feel just a little bit uncomfortable, especially that line about doing something naughty in a movie theater. But it was also so catchy, raw, and original that it was nearly impossible to change the radio dial.

    Morissette seemed to write her breakthrough song using an almost out of body method. “When I was writing it, it was so subconscious. I wasn’t aware of what was coming out of me,” the 21-year-old told Billboard just before her first album Jagged Little Pill topped the charts. She added, “I’d go into the booth … and sing. I’d listen the next day and not really remember it.”

    Whatever method Morissette used worked like a charm. Jagged Little Pill sold almost 15 million copies in the United States and 33 million copies worldwide. The album was nominated for nine Grammy Awards and won five. You Oughta Know won two Grammys, one for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance and the other one for Best Rock Song.

    The album was made up almost entirely of radio hits. Besides You Oughta Know, five other songs from Jagged Little Pill topped the charts in 1995-1996: Hand in My Pocket, Ironic, You Learn, Head over Feet, and All I Really Want. And while many people think of Morissette as the angst-filled, scored lover from You Ought Know, Head over Feet and Hand in My Pocket are sweet songs that sing of happiness and love.

    Of course, the urban legend is that You Oughta Know is about Dave Coulier, Uncle Joey from Full House. The pair dated in the early 1990s, when she was just a teenager and he was in his 30s. Coulier has hinted publicly that there are a few familiar sounding lines in the tune like, “I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner.” He explained, “We had already broken up….She called and I said, ‘Hey, you know, I’m right in the middle of dinner. Can I just call you right back?’ When I heard the line, it was like, uhhh-ohhh!” Morissette has never revealed the secret.

    Morissette is 40-years-old now. She’s married to rapper Mario “Souleye” Treadway, and the couple have one child named Ever. She’s still putting out albums, but it’s probably safe to say that in today’s music world, she won’t have a hit with a larger impact than You Oughta Know.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons