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I Think The [fan] Access Is Complicated, Because It Brings Wonderful Things Into My Life, And It Brings Really Negative Things Into My Life. I Just Try To Keep The Negative Stuff At Arm's Length. Laugh At It And Walk Away.

My Vision Of Punk Rock Was These Dudes Who Were Spitting On The Audience And Moshing. That's Why I Kind Of Left That Scene. Then I See All These People Around My Same Age Or Between 17 And 25 That Were Making Music Themselves In Their Own Town. They Weren't Just Singing, But Creating. I See Them Putting Out This Music Where There Are Tons Of Women Involved In The Scene And Involved In The Bands.

My Political Views Have Definitely Changed Over The Years. Maybe A Better Way Of Saying It Is That I Have Grown Into My Convictions; The Values And Ideas Of Radical Feminism That I Started To Articulate In My Late Teens Feel More Internalized Or "second Nature."

Johnny Rotten Isn't Punk. Maybe That's Punk To Somebody, But These People Are Participating And Challenging The Corporations That Are Telling Us What Punk Is And What Good Music Is.

There Are More People Who Are Not Straight, White Males Going To Shows.