I don't know the details of the actual issue well enough to have a useful analysis of civil liberties in Russia. But I think that "Pussy Riot" is an awesome name for a feminist punk rock collective, hearkening back to the whole Riot Grrrl thing. I tend to roll my eyes at punk rock by middle-class white guys, but Russian feminists score a lot higher as far as keeping it real goes.
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I can think of specific middle class white guys who have made a lot of awful "punk rock," but also, the most "punk rock" musicians I've ever met and/or heard of answer to the same description.
Point is, between the alleged un-punkness of "middle class white guys," "the whole Riot Grrl thing," and Pussy Riot supposedly "keeping it real," I think you are out of your depth in this post.
I know a lot of people like the middle-class white guy punk rockers, but it really doesn't speak to me.
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