Although much of DiFranco 's material is autobiographical , it is often also strongly political . Many of her songs are concerned with contemporary social issues such as racism , sexism , sexual abuse , homophobia , reproductive rights , poverty , and war . In 2008 , she donated a song to Aid Still Required 's CD to assist with the restoration of the devastation done to Southeast Asia from the 2004 tsunami . The combination of personal and political is partially responsible for DiFranco 's early popularity among politically active college students , particularly those of the left wing , some of whom set up fan pages on the web to document DiFranco 's career as early as 1994 . DiFranco 's rapid rise in popularity in the mid-1990s was fueled mostly by personal contact and word of mouth rather than mainstream media
2004 tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Ani DiFranco