Jessica Hopper on 20 years of trailblazing music criticism

When Jessica Hopper was a teenager, she was outraged by the way her favourite band was being portrayed in the press. But when she called up to demand a correction, she was shut down.

So she decided, "I'll do it my own damn self."

It's an attitude that has carried her through the past 20 years, from her first fanzine Hit It or Quit It to becoming Pitchfork's senior editor and one of their most influential voices. The journey is chronicled in The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic, an impressive selection of some of her best writing over the years.

The book fires a cannon at the boys club that's dominated music and the way we talk about it. She joins guest host Candy Palmater to talk about the collection, her early days coming up in the Minneapolis music scene, and why every "no" she's heard over the years has only fuelled her fire.