BlackBook Media Releases Episode 2 of A Woman s Right to Pleasure, The Podcast
Featuring Pussy Riot s Nadya Tolokonnikova
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NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Known for their 2012 arrest at Moscow s Cathedral of Christ The Saviour,
Pussy Riot is an art collective and feminist activist group fighting for freedom and equal rights in Russia. One of the group s founders, Masha Alekhina was recently arrested for her participation in an anti-Putin protest in January. On this week s episode of
A WOMAN S RIGHT TO PLEASURE, Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova is joined by L.A. punk legend Alice Bag and host Stoya as they talk all things Putin, punk rock and power.
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Punk was, by design, meant to be small and regional. True, bands might break out and become national or even international. But the overarching idea was keeping things small and accessible. You wanted to be able to reach out and touch your favorite band in a small sweaty club, maybe have a beer with the members after. Mainstream
’70s rock had gotten so bloated, the “‘n’ roll” had fallen off the name, so it was no longer danceable. The bands were tiny ants on postage stamp-sized stages a mile away. Then they walked offstage and were spirited away by security in a limousine. Forget having that beer with
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For most of history, the female experience has been presented by and explored through the voices, views and laws of men. Whether it was John Cleland or Alfred Kinsey writing about it, Gustave Courbet painting it, or politicians passing legislation about it, the female body has often been dictated, controlled and censored by everyone but women. Not anymore.
A WOMAN S RIGHT TO PLEASURE is raucous, raw, honest and funny, featuring the most important and celebrated womxn voices of the last century as they discuss everything from female empowerment, freedom of expression and a woman s right to pleasure. Season 1 will debut in 2021. Listen and subscribe on
Internationally, the Latinx punk movement only continues to grow. Across Latin America and the United States, new scenes continue to crop up in places where the genre was once overlooked (such as Toledo, Ohio) and to expand in places where punk has long been a cultural mainstay (like Bogotá, Colombia). Once a genre reserved mainly for white, cis, heterosexual men, punk has more readily embraced the idea that its community should be a refuge for those who donât fit in with or who want an escape from the mainstream. The Latinx community within the genre â namely the women and people of color â has played a big role in furthering that vision.
The feminist punk movement in the Pacific Northwest was catalyzed by a Latina.
Mia Zapata, a Mexican-American punk rocker living in Seattle in the early 1990s, played a key role in shaping the nascent grunge movement with her band, The Gits. Known for their aggressive live performances and their straightforward, melodic punk music, the band, fronted by Zapata, quickly became popular among the feminist echelons of the Seattle punk movement. Their debut studio album, âFrenching the Bully,â was met with widespread support from the music community, and for the rest of their short-lived tenure, The Gits were musical mainstays in the punk and grunge scenes in Seattle.