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I'm not entirely sure if this is the best place to ask, but I'm vaguely at a loose end, either way feel free to ignore if this isn't allowed.
Basically, I'm in my third year at university, and as such am writing a dissertation. I found the following quote “The day I quit punk rock was the day I found out that while the boys love to talk about how ( Read more... )
Basically, I'm in my third year at university, and as such am writing a dissertation. I found the following quote “The day I quit punk rock was the day I found out that while the boys love to talk about how ( Read more... )
- “True subversion must always face both resistance and contempt; and in Bikini Kill’s case, they faced both around nearly every corner. The amount of negative attention the band suffered is testimony to just how provocative and confrontational feminism was, even for the ‘90s underground. Punk Planet editor Daniel Sinker wrote in We Owe You Nothing, ‘The vehemence fanzines large and small reserved for Riot Grrrl -and Bikini
Kill in particular- was shocking. The punk ‘zine editors use of ‘bitches’, ‘cunts’, ‘man-haters’, and ‘dykes’ was proof-positive that sexism was still strong in the punk scene.’ Bikini Kill also grappled with heckling from male audience members who, consciously or not, were fighting to retain the power they enjoyed in the underground” Raha, Maria. Cinderella’s Big Score: Women of the Punk and Indie Underground. Emeryville:
Seal Press, CA, 2005.
- - “I would have guys come up to me after our shows and say, ‘You’re good -for a girl,’ and I thought ‘No, no, no. That’s not right. I should be good cause I like what I’m doing.’ And it doesn’t even matter if I’m good because that’s not what punks about! It’s about the ideas behind it, and the passion behind it, the energy behind it” (EMP) - Sharon Cheslow, zinester and founder of influential band Chalk Circle, Washington D.C.’s first all female punk band. http://www.empsfm.org/exhibitions/index.asp?articleID=667
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