Jenny Woolworth’s Women in Punk Blog

The new mayor in Zurich, Switzerland is Corine Mauch, the first female and first openly gay person to be elected to the esteemed office. She has strong ties to the small but dedicated local women’s punk/pop/rock music scene which stretches over the decades from LiLiPUT to SheZoo. Mauch has played bass in two female [...]

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There are some great films and video projects documenting women in the 1970s and 1980s punk scene. Over the next few weeks I’ll be talking about a few of these with excerpts, interviews and other special insights.
This week I’m highlighting the film Punk Cocktail, an sixty minute film released in late 2006 produced, directed and [...]

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When I’m not busy meeting rock stars and convincing them to answer my questions, I like to party with artists. One of my most favorite creative agitators in the entire world is Andrea Thal. She runs Les Complices*, an artist led off-space gallery in Zürich, Switzerland as well as spearheading projects and exhibitions across Europe. [...]

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