“Nostalgia is so certain: the sense of familiarity it instills makes us feel like we know ourselves, like we've lived. To get a sense that we have already journeyed through something - survived it, experienced it - is often so much easier and less messy than the task of currently living through something.”

American musician, actress, writer, director and comedian

Carrie Rachel Brownstein is an American musician, actress, writer, director, and comedian. She first became known as a member of the band Excuse 17, and later as a founder of the rock trio Sleater-Kinney. Her work spans music, television, and writing, and she is known for a career that moves between performance and commentary. The available facts point to a figure whose public presence is tied above all to alternative rock, with a broader creative role across several forms of media.