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Love's song lyrics are predominantly told from a female's point of view, and her earlier work, particularly on Hole's first two albums, was noted for being highly aggressive and critical toward cultural definitions of women.

Common themes and references present in Love's lyrics from her early career included body image, rape, suicide, misogyny, conformity, elitism, pregnancy, prostitution, and death.

According to Love, her main focus in the band from very early on was on lyrics: " For me, I was just about lyrics and performance.

I didn't really care about hooks or finesse.