“Just Try and Stop Me”- Can Punk Make Us More Confident?
Punk has so much to offer and boosting our self confidence is just one example! But how does it do it?
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Punk Rock Philosophy
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Setting the Scene- Should we try and define punk?
How easy is it to try and define what makes something punk? Should we even bother?
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Medical Misogyny: Sadaxe expose how women are failed in health
Manchester punks Sadaxe spotlight an urgent issue affecting women across the world with this ferocious track.
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‘False Apologies’- Meryl Streek exposes a Catholic scandal
The brutality of Ireland's Magdalene laundries are under the spotlight in this 2022 track from Meryl Streek. But do you know the history?
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Health for Sale: Problem Patterns on the undermining of the NHS
The NHS might not be the usual subject matter for a punk song...all the more reason for us to look into this Problem Patterns track!
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Salad Days: Punk and Veganism
Our Punk Rock & Philosophy series continues looking at the links between ancient Greek vegetarians and 20th Century punks!
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‘Teenage Kicks’ – Punk and the Agony of Growing Up
Do teenagers need punk or does punk need teenagers?
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‘Late Stage Capital’- The Ratchets on the impact of our economic system
The lyrics to this track by New Jersey punks The Ratchets explores climate change, doomsday prepping and a remote lake in Inner Mongolia!
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Put a Plugg in it- Lunachicks, Riot Grrrl & the politics of Menstruation
Who knew having a period could be so fraught with tensions and controversies? Um, the riot grrrls did...
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‘American Jesus’: Bad Religion & the concept of American exceptionalism
Bad Religion's fan favourite track 'American Jesus' seems to be even more relevant today than in 1993- but why?
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