June 2012
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May 2012
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“Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because...”
– John Henrik Clarke (via spartanbitch)
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Music Saved My Life →
I can’t think of a better way to say Happy Birthday to Siouxsie than reposting this blog by someone I follow on Tumblr.
gorgonetta:
It’s 5AM on a weekday morning in 1992, and a young gorgonet has just awakened to face another school day. It’s cold out; her mother yelled at her last night for dressing “slutty” and being “fat,” and also for wanting to be “like a boy.” Her father...
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I don’t think I can overemphasize how important it is to document your artwork and the work of your community. There have always been people of different ethnicities and different sexual orientations and gender identifications involved in meaningful art and social movements, but they are largely invisible because the people who were documenting – the historians – filtered them out. - Alice Bag,...
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Raw Power Writings: The Bags - All Bagged Up: The... →
Thank you for writing this. I think punk rock has saved many lives, mine included.
Alice
rawpowerwritings:
Last night I got to see Alice Bag read from her new book “Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage To Hollywood Stage, A Chicana Punk Story” over at the Beauty Is Pain Boutique in Hollywood. She also performed a live musical soundtrack to her readings which was comprised of an older Mexican...
ARE YOU INTO PUNK? ARE YOU BLACK? ARE YOU A WOMAN?
luaunomi:
If you answered yes to these questions, hit up my inbox! I am filming a short documentary on female afropunks, and am looking for participants to be interviewed. If you are not an female afropunk, but know someone who is and would be interested, feel free to pass this along!
Please reblog to get the message out!
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Shannon and Mary, Castration Squad
Photo by Alan aka Magicmanjp, circa 1980.
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Violence Girl Appearances May - June 2012 →
May and June 2012 Violence Girl appearance schedule has been updated.
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White Rabbit performed by the Bags, August 1979,...
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Amazon - Stay At Home Bomb →
Amazon - words and music by Alice Bag
He said he had to leave, I said “the door’s wide open”
I smiled and kept my head up, left the truth unspoken
There’s nothing more to hide, it’s bottled up inside
And I’m glad to say that my pride’s unscathed
No sad songs for this Amazon
You’ll never hear me cry “Please won’t you stay, I need...
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Recalling The Orpheum Punk Show, April '77
“We had been observing the revolution in progress on the East Coast, enjoying the way in which our punk rock founding fathers and mothers challenged the stale, old, self-indulgent rock establishment. Now we could see our own role in that revolution. The night that Mexicans, Weirdos and teenagers with more courage than musical skill could take the stage and bring the house down was the night...
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