In the seventeenth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie talks about some of the female punk icons and how they influenced punk as a genre. She will also delve into what it was like being a woman in the alternative music subculture.
Happy Women’s History Month!
Artists mentioned: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Big Mama Thorton, Patti Smith, Joan Jett, Alice Bag, Debbie Harry, the Slits, The Runaways, The Raincoats, Poly Styrene, Exene Cervenka, Wendy O. Williams, Nina Hagen, Siouxie Sioux, Shonen Knife, Kathleen Hanna.
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Bullman, Janine. 2009. “Girls Unconditional: The Story of the Slits, Told Exclusively by the Slits.” Loud and Quiet. July 18, 2009. https://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/the-slits/.
Cooper, Leonie. 2021. “The Unsung: Alice Bag, Punk’s True Revolutionary Spirit.” The Forty-Five. September 15, 2021. https://thefortyfive.com/opinion/the-unsung-alice-bag/.
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