Week 12 (Nov 11) – The Personal is Political

• Read: Excerpt from Ross Haenfler, Straight Edge: Hardcore Punk, Clean Living Youth, and Social Change (Rutgers University Press, 2006).
• Watch: Under the Influence: New York Hardcore, via Noisey.
• Notes: Excerpts from Brian Peterson’s book, Burning Fight: The Nineties Hardcore Revolution in Ethics, Politics, Spirit, and Sound.
• DUE: Listening & Assignment #5 (will be posted shortly)
• Lecture Notes on Riot Grrrl, homocore, Pussy Riot and Girls Rock.
• Screening excerpts from The Punk Singer.

For further reading & research:

• Gabriel Kuhn, Sober for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics (PM Press, 2010) – check your email for the link I sent to free books on Canvas.
• A 90s hardcore playlist: