tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post2617798587146974584..comments2023-11-26T10:40:07.165-08:00Comments on j i g s a w: Interview with Marissa MagicTobi Vailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052149126555935296noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-63404126171008350872009-12-14T10:16:26.620-08:002009-12-14T10:16:26.620-08:00Hey, this is melissa of schwule and I'm also p...Hey, this is melissa of schwule and I'm also part of Girls Rock Camp. <br />A couple things:<br />There is something really important going on at Girls Rock Camp. As an "adult" or mentor working with adolescent girls who are there to create something and put it in the world, you are in the position to encourage them to make music, but especially to do it <i>together</i>. The encouragement we give and the communication we facilitate can be so crucial especially for girls who are not offered other opportunities or support in their creative expression. A lot of us otherwise isolated, alien female musicians from all different scenes/backgrounds/genres come together here in the Summer to collaborate on making shit awesome for girls and that to me is so RADICAL and that to me is COMMUNITY. <br />www.bayareagirlsrockcamp.org<br /><br />I have doubts about there ever being a feminist noise scene and it almost feels like an oxymoron. I automatically have negative associations with the word 'scene' because so often it implies a level of conformity and emulation that negates anything I'd perceive as feminist. Of all possible genres of music one can make, people I've known who make noise tend to be the highly nonconformist and experimental which more often than not makes them the most isolated. <br /><br />Anyhoo, awesome interview--thanks!fagnetic mieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00805987885405286661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-76195830873459144022009-12-12T19:26:36.593-08:002009-12-12T19:26:36.593-08:00so raaaaaaaddddicalllll hearing these thoughts. wh...so raaaaaaaddddicalllll hearing these thoughts. when are the bay women hosting the next riot/festival/generator show?Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249651621780253270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-69214314672233787082009-11-24T20:20:42.270-08:002009-11-24T20:20:42.270-08:00For me I don't really feel like part of the gi...For me I don't really feel like part of the girl noise scene. When I moved down here (SF) from Olympia I just felt kind of blown off by the noise girls here, so it might partly be kind of sour grapes syndrome. I think it's partly that when I think of noise I think of dudes, even though all the girls I hang out with here play really weird noisy stuff. Also Feminism is kind of different here. In Olympia feminist culture felt so deeply ingrained that it seemed weird if you weren't a feminist. Here it seems like girls are pretty content to be "one of the guys" or just not political really at all. Not apathetic just not confrontational. HOWEVER - after thinking about it I do feel like theres a really radical queer culture here. There is also a really strong sense of radical feminist community swirling around girls rock camp that I find really empowering. I do wish there was a tight feminist noise scene, but a lot of the time I wonder if it really truly doesn't exist or if I'm just alienated and not a part of it.<br /><br />p.s. I read some of yr. blog svetlanda and it's real radical. I write for MRR and LOVED the queer iss so it's really amazing/exciting to hear of other people being inspired by it.marissa magichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679078614506619335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-59959373558263310202009-11-22T10:00:44.218-08:002009-11-22T10:00:44.218-08:00Ah, thanks for the interview!! Really great, inter...Ah, thanks for the interview!! Really great, interesting stuff. It is disheartening to ear it out somebody else's mouth that there isn't a distinct community amongst women/feminists in music anymore. Being 17, I can't confidently say that it is because women have been integrated into previously male scenes, due to my lack of experience...but I'd like to think it's because of integration rather than the abandonment of an important movement.XYXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16098482606667458678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-38264733790092989742009-11-22T09:58:52.433-08:002009-11-22T09:58:52.433-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.XYXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16098482606667458678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-59558661591784618162009-11-18T05:21:54.454-08:002009-11-18T05:21:54.454-08:00This is really cool Tobi! Thanks for sharing this ...This is really cool Tobi! Thanks for sharing this interview. I saw that movie about Girl Rock Camp and am glad to see that the movement is still thriving. I wish it would come to more parts of the U.S. Love the blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com