Absolutely everything in America gets fucked up by puritanical utopians. Feminism got fucked up. It immediately went from a good thing to a crusade and got co-opted by power-seeking, masculine bullshit and the consumption machine.
But punk-rock feminism was great. Fun and angry and really challenging to the system, but with some compassion. Some amazing shit and they just about didn't get co-opted. It was inclusive and democratic and free. The things that make the white guys uneasy.
Everything gets comromised. You can't be an American without implication. Artists can still stay true, but they get mediated by the system. Everything is a commodity. Including people. You can't breathe in America without that shit. It's in the air.
What men had got defined as what was worth having, in the case of feminism. But what men had and wanted and strove for was the problem. Punk feminism was feminine. And pissed and strident and fun. And human and vital and noisy.
Noise is good. Make some today.
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