Divide and Dissolve, Sydney, 2017
No Trend: Women and non binary people in Punk
Nellie in her bedroom, Melbourne, Australia, 2019
Isobel in her backyard, Melbourne, Australia, 2019
Agnes holding Lentil in their living room, Melbourne, Australia, 2019
Christina in their neighborhood 2, Surry Hills, Australia, 2019
V, Berlin, 2016
Tina in her bedroom, Sheer Mag, australian tour, 2016
Being a woman in punk for Tina
Serwah smoking in the backyard, Sydney, 2016
Kallie in her living room, Sydney, 2016
T.J. in her bathroom, Sydney, 2017
Nellie posing in front of the apartment lot where she lives, Melbourne, 2019
Cher Tan, Melbourne, 2019
Christina in their neighborhood, Surry Hills, Australia, 2019
Daniella in her bedroom, Bagnolet, France, 2017
Aisyiyah and Marley, Sydney, 2017
Sarsha, Melbourne, 2017
Being a woman in punk for Sarsha
Christina, Surry Hills, 2018
Martina, vocals and guitar in the Cuntroaches, Berlin, 2016
"When I met Robin (from Piss and Transylvania ) it was the first time I felt like this feeling of being displaced was gone, and through him I met a lot of people. I was in my mid 20's and all a sudden I found myself in a social environnement that
Kallie with her kids Miette and Nadja, Sydney, 2016
“I think I used to know what it means to be a punk, but I was in my early twenties and had lot of convictions. I didn’t see the world in a broad view, it was much smaller for me. Since having children it’s definitely changed. I suppose because I’
Agnes in their bedroom, Melbourne, 2019
V moving out, Berlin, 2016
"Punk is many things to me but I think first punk is a rejection of normality, of being in a system. Just not play by the rules of normality basically. You don’t have to have a 9 to 5 job, you can live just for the love of music, you can get you
Lena in her bedroom, Melbourne, 2018
About becoming and being a punk
I started going to numetal and metal core shows because that’s what was available to me in Brisbane, they were all ages, and then I realized it was all a bunch of dudes. Then i retreated and I did a bit of homework and find out about women’s history
Patrycja, vocalist of Belgrado, Sydney, 2016
Iina in her bedroom, Berlin, 2016
Mariam, Blackwire's kitchen, Sydney, 2016
“ If I’m being brutally honest, femininity has always been something that I have struggled with, having a mediterranean heritage I’m quite a hairier woman than usual . So it was always something I was picked on about, especially before playing in ba
I think punk has actually made me more comfortable with my femininity and made me realize that there are a lots of different types of women, and you don’t have to be one cookie cut shape of a woman. You can be whatever kind of woman that you want
Rosie at the Thunderdome, guitarist in Canine and Glory Hole, Sydney, 2016
" There can’t be equality when there is so much structural sexism and homophobia . For the most part there are not too many safety problems compared to the larger Sydney community, but how many is too many? Perhaps it is more about everyday microagg
Noa on the toilet, Paris, 2015
Mav, L'art ou Libre, Fontenay-sous-Bois, France, 2014
Tina, vocalist of Sheer Mag, Sydney, 2016
Rosie and Snaggy, Sydney, 2016
Martina having breakfast, Berlin, 2016
Alicia in her backyard, Melbourne, 2019
Sylvie and Takiaya cooking on tour, 2017
Serwah, Butterfly Mountain, Sydney, 2016
Elina, Bumzen backyard, Copenhagen, 2015
T.J. in her bedroom, Summer Hills, 2017
Lena, Melbourne, 2018
" I identify as a woman and I guess that’s really important to me that femininity doesn’t have to look any particular way. I think it’s really important to be able to be a really strong woman and not automatically be seen as a butch versus a typica
Sarah, Greenhouse, Berlin 2016
Victoria in her bed, Berlin, 2016
"Punks in Germany are mostly white. Even if they look different because they’re punks they still get the best of the best because they’re men.  They don’t have to worry about much and it’s not acknowledged except by people who got out of their
Martina's Piss jacket
Sarsha, Melbourne, 2017
"The alternative to mainstream society and being able to live however you want with respect with everyone else around you is what attracted me to punk in the first place. That’s what it still means to me. In Maori culture, at least in my family, i
Serwah, Sydney, 2016
" I think femininity is different for everybody. I’ve been doing a lot of research about Akan tribe that is my dad’s tribe in Ghana.  It’s so hard having roots in so many places and feeling like in a grey area.  My mum is Italian-Du
Rosa Riot, vocals and guitar in Illegal to Exist, Copenhagen, 2016
"I wouldn’t mind being part of what I think a queer movement should be where we just look at the people and who they are. Never mind if they have a dick or feel like they’re a man or whatever. Let’s look at how we’re though to be different. How we'
Alice, Ivry-sur-Seine, France, 2015
"Regarding assault and apprehension that women can get in the street, when you’re a man you don’t even think about it. You go out in the street at 3 am and are carefree. When you’re a woman, you have to think about it, anticipate, and if you’re walk
" I recently read this shocking article that could help cis straight men to understand this climate of rape culture . It was saying that in jail for example, there is the fear of being sexually assaulted for men, the jokes about soap bars etc. Well
Mariam, vocals and guitar in Diploid, Sydney, 2016
“ Unfortunately we didn’t get to play with any other band with women involved while touring South East Asia, which sucked, so when playing a show a lot of people didn’t know I was a woman . So when I will start setting up on stage I noticed a lot of
Martina, Berlin, 2016
Patrycja, Sydney, 2016
"The most amazing thing about punk is the punk community and the friends you make. For many years of my life I was putting up shows in Warsaw and then in Barcelona.   We’ve been really lucky to squat this great place in Barcelona.&nb
Juyoung, Berlin, 2016
"In Korea we don’t care about politics. You can have skinheads in the scene, because the scene is really small. People don’t care about lyrics. That’s why we’re all together. A lot of punk band in Seoul are right wing and have an internet commu
Nissa, Melbourne, 2019
Aisyiyah and Marley, nap time, 2017
"I think most women probably have a struggle with their gender identity at some point in their life, because of patriarchy obviously . Everything is telling you to hate yourself and to hate other women so it’s really hard to get over that. I’m s
Noa, Paris, 2015
About being trans in the punk scene
Iina wearing lipstick on her teeth, Berlin, 2016
"I feel very comfortable being who I am and what I am. I never questioned my gender or my sexuality, I’m very happy with it. In the current society it’s hard in a lot of different ways and situations since this whole world is ruled by men . Of cour
Rosane on her bed, Paris, 2016
Juyoung, Scumraid drummer, Berlin, 2016
About gate keeping practices in punk
They want to test you because you don’t look like them. You can also do the same to them if you want, or you can ignore it. It’s a space where there is a lot of hypocritical conversations as well as contradictory conversations and politics and behav
Lin, bass in Illegal to Exist, Copenhagen, 2016
V wearing her stage make up, Berlin, 2016
Anika's morning coffee, bassist in Prison, Copenhagen, 2016
Patrycja, vocalist of Belgrado, Sydney, 2016
Fenda smoking, Kopi, Berlin, 2016
"Being a woman in the punk scene is different because it’s a man's area. Sometimes they might think that you’re just a groupie. Now in Jogja people are changing because they read more or meet some other punk who come from abroad and visit your scen
Patricia, bass and screams in Piss, Berlin, 2016
"I consider myself as a person, as a human being more than as a female. It’s a bit complicated to be a female but you can deal better with stuff if you consider yourself as people, as human being.  Basically do what you want with respect for ot
Christina, Surry Hills, Australia, 2018
“Growing up in regional Queensland led me to the DIY alternative scene early in my teens. At that time we had a thriving music scene and the community was diverse and inclusive. Punks , goths, gay, and Indigenous found strength in solidarity in what
Sarah, Greenhouse, Berlin, 2016
Rosane, Paris, 2016
After breastfeeding, Aisyiyah and Marley, 2017
Nissa in suburbia, Melbourne, 2019
"For a lot of people punk is an expression against everything sort of problematic or wrong, it’s an expression against extreme patriarchal control, against capitalist structure. Punk is probably the only place that I found as a platform to express h
Kallie in her kitchen, vocals in Thorax, Sydney, 2016
« Well there is a Thorax song called Shit Chute to Oblivion and it’s about the world, and how people don’t seem to realize that everything you do has cause and effects. Basically we’re flushing our existence down the toilet and taking everythin
Daniella, Bagnolet, France, 2017
Mav chilling in her truck, Montreuil, France, 2014
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