Punk protests in 1970

The British Library unveils an archive of interviews with the women who radically re-imagined gender roles a generation ago

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Fashion served as form of visual communication, which effectively expressed punks’ disobedient and individualistic nature. 80s punks wore clothes set themselves apart from the status quo by rebelling against the limitations that society continued to put in place.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute have announced that their next major spring exhibition will be themed 'Punk:Chaos to Cou...

Che Gossett responds to Slavoj Žižek’s essay “The Sexual Is Political,” published in "The Philosophical Salon."

In 1969, the New York Stonewall riots ignited a fire under the LGBT rights movement. Not only were LGBT citizens now demanding a more open and public position in society, but that visibility also led to a lot of backlash from the conservative side. That being said, the 1970s saw a lot of traction, momentum, and gains in the fight for equality. For example, the work of Evelyn Hooker forced the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from their list of mental disorders in…

See Debbie Harry and Siouxsie Sioux and the beginnings of London's punk scene, in photographer Derek Ridgers' book "Punk London 1977."