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hi!! i wanna start using tumblr more and i decided i’m going to switch mcr content over to my main (which is currently my personal) and make this my personal! if you wanna keep following here that’s cool, but you can follow @postmodernmilf for mcr stuff!!

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i have such good news y’all i’m buzzing with excitement

IT GOT STUCK AGAIN

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hi!! i wanna start using tumblr more and i decided i’m going to switch mcr content over to my main (which is currently my personal) and make this my personal! if you wanna keep following here that’s cool, but you can follow @postmodernmilf for mcr stuff!!

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I just heard my mom tell my brother, “when you die, you will go outside and garden until your father says you’re done” and it took me a second to realize that my brother was playing a videogame and this was not a theological discussion.

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drew that photo :)

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So you want to talk about racism in the alt music scene?

Okay. Then let’s do something constructive about it.

Note: I personally think looking toward a celebrity / rock star / influencer / fandom BNF for performative allyship is a waste of time. I think there’s a lot of nuance lost in generational and life experience gaps and I’m not going to engage in that conversation.  

What I want to do instead is focus on what I can do for myself and my local community to take active steps in making the alt music scene are more inclusive and less racist space. I’m a big believer in building up and supporting your local music scene as much as possible, so the (totally not comprehensive, but def a starting point) list I’ve curated below will reflect those core values I hold for myself.

BROADLY, QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF:

What POC artists are you listening to? Are you buying their albums? Buying their merch? Requesting their songs at your local radio station? 

YOUR LOCAL MUSIC SCENE:

When shows return post-pandemic - will you go see any local POC artists? 

Are you able to use your contacts to help these artists books shows? 

Maybe request the local music club to book certain bands? Show promoters will listen if there seems to be enough interest for them to make money on ticket sales/door fees. (You can usually google your local music venue + booking to try and find this information)

College music stations - if you’re in a college town - there’s a great opportunity to get involved (esp if you’re a student) with helping curate what music gets put in rotation.

Are you able to host a show? House shows are the ULTIMATE music scene DIY - if you’re in a position to offer up your house/space as a venue for bands to come and play, why not make a point to seek out POC artists and have them be part of the line up? 

SoFarSounds.com is another great avenue for the house show route.

Follow: To The Front DIY   

DIVERSIFY YOUR NARRATIVE:

LISTEN:

POC ALT PLAYLIST

INDIGENOUS PUNK

POP PUNK LATINO

ASIAN PUNK ROCK

READ:

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB’s: A Secret History of Jewish Punk

Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix

Punk Rock Hora: Adventures in Jew-Punk Land

Evolution of Modern Popular Music: A history of Blues, Jazz, Country, R&B, Rock and Rap

Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, a Chicana Punk Story

The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band

Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-And-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe

WATCH:

Racism in the Punk/Alternative Scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgekmBGt4E8

The Very Black History of Punk Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgIWDZ1xxdM

The Very Latinx History of Punk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSyo1zd9jcw  

The Asian Punk Scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZKcd8Dn0SA

Anarchy in the Philippines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtSZt_KeiGU

Punk Jews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c29lJ3U_A0

Your Favorite Entertainer is Problematic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sru88ArTFw

Racism in Metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlQ-KxS5xUs

HELP THE NEXT GENERATION OF MUSICIANS WITH DONATIONS & SUPPORT:

https://www.musicandyouth.org/opportunity-gap/

https://www.colorincolorado.org/booklist/music-kids-hispanic-heritage

https://www.harmony-project.org/

http://www.musicunites.org/

https://icyola.org/

https://www.musicforallseasons.org/who-we-serve/youth-at-risk/ (New Jersey!!)

https://www.latinoartsinc.org/

https://aimusic.us/new-student.php

https://www.rcmusic.com/learning/learning-through-the-arts/indigenous-programs

Or Google your city + “youth music programs” or “youth after school programs” and volunteer / donate / support!

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More bat cat!

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ana help i dont know how to explain this but billie joe armstrong, gerard way, hayley williams, and frank iero are all on opposite corners of a chart but idk what the chart says

I've been staring at this anon for like 10 minutes and I know what you mean but I can't put it in words either

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i really like how this turned out ^_^

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oh yeah also check out this ascii knife mcr had hidden in their website's source code in 2012 or something alksdjlksdaj

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Oh man... he’s pointy....

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wishing gender euphoria on all trans people, wishing for all trans people to feel at home in their bodies, to be absolutely and entirely in love with and at peace in their bodies

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i made a uquiz! what MCR music video are you? complete with an emotional description :)

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in cases like that where it’s not already an established abbreviation you’d just write out “doctor of color”!

How many times we gotta tell yall it's {noun} of color not POC {noun}

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seeing this made me feel like i just got a letter informing me of my own death

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by far the funniest part of that stream was gerard saying “maybe i am a delicate little flower or a snowflake or whatever” like king does your social group perhaps include billy corgan and the people from MSI <3 have they been bullying you for being a bleeding heart liberal <3 

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