Book Review
Dec. 30th, 2021 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariRevenge of the She-Punks: A Feminist Music History from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot
by Vivien Goldman
Revenge of the She-Punks is not a linear history. Instead it is a rollicking examination of women in punk (and punk-adjacent) music, from early pioneers like Poly Styrene, Patti Smith, and the Slits, through Riot Grrl and right into the present. Goldman organizes her discussion around a set of themes: identity, money, love, and protest; she devotes a chapter to each. I thought this framework was very successful, in that it allowed the author to make astute connections across time periods and geography that revealed something of a through-line for punk women. Goldman is an insider to her material, having worked as a rock journalist and a punk musician herself - her affinity and enthusiasm for her subject matter makes this a fun read as well as an informative one.
by Vivien Goldman
Revenge of the She-Punks is not a linear history. Instead it is a rollicking examination of women in punk (and punk-adjacent) music, from early pioneers like Poly Styrene, Patti Smith, and the Slits, through Riot Grrl and right into the present. Goldman organizes her discussion around a set of themes: identity, money, love, and protest; she devotes a chapter to each. I thought this framework was very successful, in that it allowed the author to make astute connections across time periods and geography that revealed something of a through-line for punk women. Goldman is an insider to her material, having worked as a rock journalist and a punk musician herself - her affinity and enthusiasm for her subject matter makes this a fun read as well as an informative one.
