Tegan & Sara by Maggie Owsley for Feminist Playing Cards.
Get your deck (or a button!) at www.feministcards.com
Once you’ve realized that you’re living in a world that believes women are “less than” in every imaginable way, one of the things that can be most frustrating is that very few men get it. You want the people in your life, the men you care about, to understand the awful toll it can take on you. Operating in a world that sees you as less than fully human can be soul crushing—but it’s also incredibly lonely.
When you speak up about any sense of unfairness or injustice, you’re told that you’re overreacting, you’re too angry, too silly—shut up already. It takes a tremendous amount of fortitude to be able to live in this world as a woman, let alone a woman who wants things to change.
And that’s what was so remarkable and emotional about the Beastie Boys’ feminist turnaround. Maybe your father says sexism doesn’t exist and your boyfriend disrespects you. Maybe you have to deal with assholes on the subway who rub up against you every day and laugh when you yell at them. But listening to this band that you love so much say that your pain is real, that the world is fucked up and that they are not going to participate in actions that hurt you anymore because they care about you—it was the overwhelming feeling of being made visible. They were sending a clear message to their female fans: this isn’t okay, we have your back, we’re sorry.
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Jessica Valenti, “MCA’s Feminist Legacy” (Source: thenation.com) |
Brazilian Girls - Pussy
Kath put this on a mix once, maybe in 2007?, and I listened to that mix a lot while handwashing clothes in the bathroom of my auntie’s house in Delhi that fall. There was always something secret and nice about whisper-singing “pussy pussy pussy marijuana, pussy pussy pussy” while scrubbing salwar-kameez late at night.
(Source: Spotify)
From Noisetrade:
“In anticipation of their sophomore album release on July 24th, Eternal Summers, the Roanoke, Virginia based indie pop band, is offering up their debut album “Silver” at Noisetrade. Spin Magazine said, “This duo’s debut could double as a hypercompressed essay on post-punk’s shift into indie” while All Music said, “Eternal Summers have a knack for writing really simple, really catchy songs that are influenced by 1980’s indie pop, 90’s noise pop and anything else that has the kind of hooks that dig deep into your head”. Having release several EPs and 7 inches as a duo, for their upcoming sophomore album “Correct Behavior”, the duo has added a bassist. And as you might expect, their new album is sonically fuller. It still captures the essence of Eternal Summers: the quirks that graced their previous efforts, their teen-angst lyrics, their hooks, their power, and their sometimes tongue-in-cheekness. Please download, enjoy and get to know Eternal Summers.”
Eternal Summers - Millions
new video from eternal summers. in general i am pro-smashing things, but be careful with televisions, there are creepy chemicals in there!
FREE PUSSY RIOT! This is a benefit for their legal defense fund.
Three alleged members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot, Maria Alekhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samucevich, charged with “hooliganism,” have been remanded in jail. The three women are facing up to 7 years criminal punishment for allegedly participating in the punk-prayer “Virgin Mary, Send Putin Away” that publicly demonstrated for human rights and against the current oppressive regime under Putin. The case illustrates the gross level of violations against human rights in Russia and requires immediate attention. The detained activists now need the support of the world’s community.
-from www.freepussyriot.org
live sets from:
::HELIOTROPES - https://www.facebook.com/Heliotropes?ref=ts
:::SHADY HAWKINS - http://shadyhawkins.bandcamp.com/
::::TINVULVA - https://www.facebook.com/TinVulva
special DJ set from:
::AD-ROCK (OF THE BEASTIE BOYS)
Tuesday, June 12th
8pm
all-ages
$7 donation at the door, but give more if you can
Permanent Wave is a network of feminist artists and activists. We want to challenge gender inequality as it manifests itself in art, politics, and our personal lives, and we want you to join us. We believe that women should see each other as collaborators and inspirations, not rivals. We want to continue the feminist movement that began generations ago by creating a revolutionary arts movement that’s relevant to women, queer, and trans people today.
www.thepermanentwave.org
We book benefits and other shows, host movie screenings, organize protests, make zines, and more! We’re always open to new ideas.
Have an idea? Join us and find people with similar interests to help make it happen!
To join our listserv, send us an e-mail at thepermanentwave@gmail.com and request to be added.
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Latoya Peterson (Source) (via andcouldheplayblog) this is the quote I mentioned in my earlier work-thoughts dump. at least i think it is. (via nom-chompsky) apply your feminism in a different space rinse & repeat (via brazenbitch) It is lonely over here sometimes, too. I wonder if music blogging might be more challenging because for so many of us music isn’t what we do as “day jobs.” And so we take on this additional work—work that we find REALLY IMPORTANT—but the capacity (energy, time) might not always be there. Not that other feminist bloggers have it easy! But the quote above talks in large part about fields where there are employment opportunities, and music is such an informal, often low- to no-pay sphere. What to do if we don’t want the arts to become (more) capitalist but we do want the time, energy, resources to tear shit up? Do we want feminist versions of mainstream music blogs? Is that some kind of separate-but-equal thinking? What if we made something different? Better? I worry about this a lot. I would like to talk about it. (via butchnorfemme) |
Last week, Peel and I recorded a cover of this beautiful song “When I Said There Was An End To Love I Was Lying” by Rae Spoon (we’d been playing it on repeat, and the only cure for an earworm is to record a cover, duh). Hope you like it!
Check it out and buy all of Rae Spoon’s albums! They are seriously amazing. <3
WOJCIK and Daltonians - “When I Said There Was An End To Love I Was Lying” (Rae Spoon cover)
Guitar+Vox = Hailey
Guitar+Bass+Drums+Vox+BackingVox+Cello prog = Jules
Recorded and mixed by Julie
WOJCIK www.wojcikmusic.com and Daltonians www.daltonians.com
BUY Rae Spoon’s version hereand all their albums here www.raespoon.com
this is very very pretty
(via believeinthefight)
