Tag: Punk Rock

Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace on Crafting Her New Punk Rock Memoir

“I found a lot of parallels between recording an album and writing a book. I came to find myself looking at each chapter like a song.”

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Lorrie Sprecher: On Being—and Writing—a Lesbian Punk Feminist

“I think punk is perceived as a very aggressive, male thing, and that isn’t the whole story. First of all, the music is so uplifting, political and angry, I don’t know why all feminists don’t listen to it. Women in our culture have so much to be angry about, so why aren’t we embracing our anger more?”

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Brontez Purnell: Love, Compassion, and Rock & Roll

‘I basically wanted to do a zine that reflected what I was feeling at the time. With Fag School, I hadn’t really seen a zine or at least a personal gay zine that dealt with the difficult subject of gay sex with both humor and frank talk. It covered some real issues. Race, the condom code…”

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