On this International Women’s Day, we’re discussing influential women not in the U.S. First, Renee walks us through Pussy Riot’s activism and how they have been a delicious thorn in Putin’s side for many years. Then, Mariquita reviews Andrea Yaryura Clark’s debut novel, On a Night of a Thousand Stars, and talks about how it was framed by Argentina’s Dirty War of the 70s and early 80s.
Books Mentioned:
Read & Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism by Nadya Tolokonnikova
What About Tomorrow?: An Oral History of Russian Punk from the Soviet Era to Pussy Riot by Alexander Herbert
Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot by Masha Gessen
On a Night of a Thousand Stars by Andrea Yaryura Clark
Cantoras by Carolina de Robertiis
Also mentioned:
Yasi’s TikTok about the history of Ukraine and Russia
Steph’s blog post: My Riot and Riot Grrrl Nostalgia
Punk Prayer – Pussy Riot (video)
RollingStone article: “Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova: ‘Fuck Putin. I Hope He Dies Soon’”
Andrea Yaryura Clark’s Instagram: @andreaclarkbooks
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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
Original music by @iam.onyxrose
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