interesting discussion over here: “It Ain’t Sexism, It’s Punk Rock!”
which goes over the same ground we covered in the past couple of years in discussions within the ladyfest collective:
- Cristina reviewed Pretty in Punk here
- and there was quite a bit of exploration in the comments here: “femininity? (BECAUSE us girls…)”
– a post wherein i quoted heavily from “Results of a Misspent Youth: Joan Jett’s performance of female masculinity” by Kathleen Kennedy and gave some links for further reading - in romanian, we have a few texts in the ladyfest zines #1 & 2 that take on several of the same issues:
“nu imi plac fetele (versiunea 6)” (andreea)
“A fi ‘unul dintre punkisti'” (Cristina)
“When Feminism Rocks. Revolution. Grrrl-style.” (Ioana)
“manifestatie, concert, violenta acceptata…” (HxI)
and there’s some more thoughts from Cristina: “Hai sa ne-ntelegem” & “Macho-punk again – Romania si aiurea”
and i’ve got “punk rock is ice cream-eating macho guys” and also “remember, kids, punks are macho!” :)
oh, yeah, and “ziua barbatului, yaaay” (with some examples of feminist punk guys/songs)
looking at the comments over at bastante already, i can’t help but be surprised (and kind of saddened) by how little of an opportunity people seem to have had for these kinds of discussions, how little information there seems to be out there about books like Pretty in Punk or even about the riot grrrl movement… again, i find “Results of a misspent youth” so useful to revisit:
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