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Alex's avatar

sad that this is how i realized the revolutionary potential of ”girl power” had it not been turned into a hm shirt print

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berry's avatar

I've always liked the look of punk and understood the values of the movement in a shallow way. But this has inspired me to do more research of my own 'cause this movement seems exactly like my cup of tea. Thank you so much for the insight! I hope your shoes are comfortable and your spirit well-fed.

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berry's avatar

Also the writing on this piece is immaculate ✨

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Christina Solazzo's avatar

There's something about wearing something super girly, and repairing all the holes with visible thread. Making patches by hand, writing out the slogan and sewing it onto a seperate piece of fabric and sharing it with a friend. Really taking the time to interact, create, build a world for yourself and your friends.

I think being alternative is just doing your own thing, not letting outside influences influence you. So maybe now when people see spiked hair in public, they'll think damn that person probably really loves punk aesthetics/tiktoks...poser! but maybe the real ones can clock a real one, because they are marching to the beat of their own drum.

I would consider myself goth because I love goth music! But I don't look goth, not the 80's version and not the current version either. l once dated this guy who was a long time basketball player, always wore a plain shirt and basketball shorts. But the literature he read, and the music he listened to was so goth!! I was like wow there are so many of us out there, a lesson to never judge a book by it's cover.

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KNOLL's avatar

As someone who only started fully identifying with the punk subculture and listening to the music a few years ago, the “snob punks” you mentioned have really prevented me from getting into my local scene. Everyone I’ve met in it is usually an asshole or judges me for buying the occasional thing from Hot Topic (which I wear for years) when all of their clothes are from Temu and are worn once. This article made me feel validated in my identity as a punk so thank you.

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Starling's avatar

I wanted to write this exact essay, but I'm not that knowledgeable on the culture, so thank you for this.

I've been wanting to get into the punk subculture because I really agree with the 'philosophy' and I like the music, but it seems so charged. Being a beginner, I feel like calling myself punk or even interested would be met with ridicule because I don't know the all history or the right bands. And this is helping me understand the landscape a bit more.

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Rachel Min's avatar

Love this!

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Barnaby's avatar

Loved this — have been thinking a lot about convenience culture and the whole idea of convenience being a hyper-individualist illusion, more often than not discussing convenience in a late capitalist context really presents a paradox: convenience for one means inconvenience (massive understatement) for another. We destroy the world and the lives of so many in the name of ‘convenience’ — I really appreciated how you brought these ideas together with the discussion of subcultures and signifying belonging to a community and what that means, I’m gonna be mulling over this for a long long time

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sophia's avatar

great read! all stands true.

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Gary Trujillo's avatar

you're like 40 years late

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L ★'s avatar

true ! but the internet has unfortunately exacerbated the speed and reach of its distortion, which has evidently taken on and will continue to take on new dimensions .

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owa's avatar

Nazi punks fuck off 🙏🏻

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