Letters from Rosie, 5

So I wrote back to Rosie, following her previous email, stating that I wasn't sure that many of us have the constancy she claims on our behalf - that we all contradict ourselves and doubt ourselves and (speaking personally) sometimes wish we could be co-opted by the mainstream, but that it's long since occurred to me that the mainstream simply doesn't want to co-opt me. And so I'm forced to create alternatives, whether I want to or not.

This is what she wrote back.

Mika vs Beth Ditto

See what you miss when you keep your eyes shut? Listen, I know I'm about 389 Internet years too late, but I think I've got a new favourite pop star...

Letters from Rosie, 2

Hey J,

Riot Grrrl - the entire series

Thought I'd put all the parts of the Riot Grrrl interviews I did with Julia Downes for her PhD thesis on DIY Queer Feminist (Sub)cultural Resistance in the UK in one place. It's worth checking the original posts for the reader comments, so I've left in the links at the bottom.

If you're here and...

... you haven't got your arses over to Drowned In Sound this week, do so now! Article (and link) breakdown follows...

Riot Grrrl 2

This is the second part of the initial interview I did with Julia Downes for her PhD thesis on DIY Queer Feminist (Sub)cultural Resistance in the UK (University of Leeds, September 2009).