Tag: punk
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Punk Is Autistic
The culture of punk is, at its core, authenticity without apology—and that’s exactly what autistic people desire: spaces and cultures where they can be their true selves without the need to mask or conform.
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Gather ‘Round Creeps: Happy Halloween from the Black Leather Lagoon
Ask your parents how to make a monster. Death, divergence, and whimsy. Enjoy this punky Halloween playlist full of weird pride.
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Design Challenge: Neurodiversity Punk Hedgehog Mascot Inspired by Wapuu
Community artists, let’s make some Neurodiversity Hedgehog Mascots Inspired by Wapuu.
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A Vivifying Overlap: This Is What Trans Punk Looks Like
To be a queer person is inherently a very punk thing. I think to be a punk person is also inherently a queer thing. There’s a lot of really vivifying overlap there between those two things for me. Lorne, THIS IS WHAT TRANS PUNK LOOKS LIKE (full documentary) – YouTube This documentary opens with insightful…
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Community: The Story of East Bay Punk
I love punk documentaries. Community comes together to build inclusive spaces. Community rebounds after losing spaces. Community fights off skinheads with bats and pipes to keep spaces safe. Community learns how to DIY together. Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk spans over 30 years of the California Bay Area’s punk music history…
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This is punk rock time. This is what Joe Strummer trained you for.
This is not a time to be dismayed. This is punk rock time, this is what Joe Strummer trained you for. It is now time to go. You’re a good person. That means more now than ever. Henry Rollins, @this.is.radio.clash • sound on 🔊 • Threads It was Strummer’s politically charged lyrics that helped bring…
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A Short Rumination on Our Journey to Neuroqueer Learning Spaces
We fought for the right to learn differently, and lost. The journey was instructive. We found ourselves along the way. We found community among other neurodivergent and disabled people. We found vocabulary, vocabulary like “neurodiversity”, “neurodivergent”, “neurotypical”, and, more recently, “neuroqueer”. …intentionally liberating oneself from the culturally ingrained and enforced performance of neuronormativity can be…
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We Rebuild What You Destroy: A Celebration of The Linda Lindas and Punk DIY Ethos
We were really angry, and we decided to write a song about it.
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It Take a Joyful Sound: New Wave, New Phrase, Neurodiversity
“Punks are outcasts from society. So are the Rastas. So they are bound to defend what we defend,” Marley concluded. Shortly thereafter, they began recording the single Punky Reggae Party, and by naming an underground social phenomenon, helped further it. Culture Clash: Bob Marley, Joe Strummer and the punky reggae party | Reggae | The…
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IowaWTF: We are living in a paradigm shift in the world of activism and advocacy, and the youth are here to change things up whether you like it or not.
Each year at the Conference to Restore Humanity, one of the keynotes is by a student group. IowaWTF is a community of students fighting against hateful and harmful legislation in Iowa. I like how they organize. Competency Networks I’m not an expert on everything so let’s say I need issues on understanding something regarding gun…
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You don’t want to make communication an elite thing.
You don’t want to make communication an elite thing. And I think that’s really a lot of what punk was about — a hands on, do what you want, of the people type of a thing. Anita Smith, Fifth Column, Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution We agree. That quote ties together our love of…
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A Sound That Turns the Mountains Into Sand
When bigots have got me down and I need to scream and air guitar it out, I turn to Screaming Females, my favorite power trio of all time and space. Marissa Paternoster is an epic force on vocals and guitar. Here she is singing about gender non-conformity and homophobia, screaming “While you sit on the…
