snoopy

[green_lipstick]

EVERYTHING is about politics…I think a lot of people don’t always understand that to me being in this band and what I have to say is overtly political, just maybe not so obvious. I don't think people comprehend that the personal IS political - most of the stuff I write about is dealing with my anger over stuff to do with fucked up relationships/

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[eunuch_nights]

I really liked your piece of writing about this izzy. I really agree with what D says about just saying fuck em, you gotta do it anyway. It got me so mad reading reviews about Electrelane, especially in relation to Emmas drumming, and people writing really stupid ridiculous things about how they werent very good musicians. Ofcourse a lot of it comes down to the fact that they're women and they're gay. But its interesting looking at it in terms of being queer too...
I think the fact that I feel intimidated is because I just don't feel good enough or something. I guess because for so long I've wanted to be like all these guys that just get up and do these things and dont give a damn, but that I've managed to carve out a space for myself where I'm sort of in the middle now...somewhere between Laurence and Flo. It makes me so frustrated and angry when guys have to make a dig at a band because theres a women in it, or watching a girl band, as if the music is secondary, or they feel like they have to validate the fact that they're 'ok with girls in bands' (and thus feel the need to tell you why they like (insert some band with a girl in it here).)......
...but I guess like anything, its all rooted in the geography and the subculture itself. We're probably very lucky, compared to some places. If P wasn't co-running the cavern, the punk community would probably be more overtly sexist, and less girl bands would play because she's so good at giving us shows, and not just letting the guy punk bands get every show...

but all that to side, bring on the girl punk revolution!!!