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  • From: "LAURASALES AT telefonica.net" <LAURASALES AT telefonica.net>
  • To: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] The impact of Punk on women?
  • Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:36:58 +0200 (CEST)

Yes! I think their attempt to politicize women's appearance was very
important, especially when you think about punk girls now and how they
try to acritically repeat traditional models of feminine beauty.

Laura

>what stands out to me is that many of the original punk girls,
especially in
britain, chose to accentuate any perceived "ugliness"--
with garbage bag
clothing, skinny ties, hideous (though cool) brothel
creeper shoes, stark
unexpected piercings (we're not talking come
hither--my belly has a fake
diamond in it) and severe eye makeup;
including jagged streaks of black on
pale sometimes bad-complexioned
faces that takes the step beyond what might
look attractive to a huge
leap into fuck what I look like--I feel ugly and
I'm going to shove it
in your face.
when in history did women do this besides punk era late
70's?
-Hilary






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