SPECIAL FEATURE ON AMALIE BRUUN AND MYRKUR PART 2 by Kyle Nonneman
by Kyle Nonneman
"THE WHOLE QUEST FOR EQUALITY FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS BAFFLES ME! THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY FROM WITHIN A CORRUPT SOCIETY IS AN UNWORTHY GOAL!
FOR WOMEN SEEKING EQUALITY IS LIKE ASKING FOR THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A SOCIETY WHICH IS CONSPIRING AGAINST YOU. IT IMPLIES THE RECOGNITION OF A SYSTEM BASED ON SUPERIORITY AND EXCLUSION.
DEMANDING A PLACE NEXT TO THE PEOPLE WHOSE VALUES YOU OBJECT TO DEFEATS YOUR PURPOSE!
EQUALITY IS NOT THE PROBLEM OR THE SOLUTION,AND EVEN IF IT WAS, IT COULD NOT BE OBTAINED BY ADOPTING FOR YOURSELF THE PROCEDURES OF THE VERY STRUCTURE YOU FIND UNEQUAL. THE SECOND YOU CROSS THAT LINE YOU'RE ON THEIR SIDE. THEY SET IT UP THAT WAY. YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THEIR POWER IS ALL IT TAKES FOR THEM TO CONTROL YOU. THE ACTS OF ASKING OR DEMANDING OUR OBVIOUS BASIC RIGHTS ACTUALLY STRENGTHENS THEIR POWER OVER US. ACCEPTING AND HONORING THEIR MINUSCULE GIFT OF EQUALITY ONLY REASSURES THEM THAT WE ACCEPT OUR POSITION AS VICTIMS. THIS EXCHANGE STRENGTHENS AND LEGITIMIZES PATRIARCHY. "
WHAT GETS ACHIEVED BY PRODUCING SEGREGATED EVENTS IN ORDER TO MAKE WOMEN OR MINORITIES MORE VISIBLE IN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC?
I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT WOMEN ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT IN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC. IF THERE IS ONE THING WE LEARN FROM MINUTE TO MINUTE SUBJUGATION TO PERVERTED PATRIARCHY ,IT IS THAT IN ORDER TO SURVIVE YOU HAVE TO BANISH THE IDEA OF YOURSELF AS VICTIM ALTOGETHER. OTHERWISE YOU WILL DEFEAT YOURSELF BEFORE YOU EVEN GET STARTED.
"WE HAVE GOTTEN SO ACCUSTOMED TO TOKENISM AND NOVELTY THAT WE BEGIN TO BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE SIGNS OF PROGRESS" -SUE ANN HARKEY
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Ever notice Derketa isnt mentioned in Choosing Death? Arch Enemy pretends great bands like Derketa don't exist because it ruins their marketing gimmick. Arch Enemy's token inclusion in Choosing Death was an apologist disclaimer to quiet the author's guilt and self loathing over the themes of a lot of grind & death metal,and an attempt to repackage the subversive subject matter into something more acceptable to the common herd. That's bullshit.
Same thing was done with Fight Your Own War, the headpress book on Power electronics with its inclusion of Brut. I love Rosemary Malign's work. She is one of the preeminent artists working within extreme music. She was like a sister to me and she was always more legit, extreme and uncompromising then most the male artists in the power electronics scene. She achieved her status through the strength of her performances and the quality of her work. Not from bitching in zines about discrimination and gender politics to extort and blackmail losers into praising her work to prevent being labeled misogynists.
Too many women within extreme music ostracize themselves and become the target of contempt when they spend more fucking time criticizing and challenging the themes of other artists and trying to make themselves into victims and martyrs instead of just focusing on their art and putting out good records and strong live performances.
In a lot of cases you have women who go into extreme metal and power electronics and don't take it seriously. They troll these scenes talking shit and trying to incite controversy so they can lash back and self-righteously sit upon the throne of victimhood and call everyone who dissents a sexist pig. It's a game to them. That's all. It's trolling from trolls who know that they can play the misogynist trump card if they're called on their shit. And the reasons those people are hated has nothing to do with gender.
This is probably part of the reason you see Amalie Brunn trying to market her work as Black Metal knowing by self identifying as a Black Metal musician shes putting a target on her back. If this wasn't the case she would simply market her work towards the Goth/Neofolk scene instead who would be far more accepting and appreciative of her work. My hatred of these type of people has nothing to do with misogynist ignorance.
Valerie Solanas is one of my favorite writers. I don't agree with a lot of it , but her prose style has had a very obvious influence on my own writings. Ayn Rand's work which I've been reading since i was 11, has had a very powerful and significant influence on my life. Ayn Rand's work had a significant influence on Laveyian Satanism and the immanent side of the left hand path. As much as Ragnar Redbeard's Might Is Right.
One of the interesting things about Valerie Solanas is Faust killed a gay man and people call him a homophobe for it and trying to stop him from drumming at fests. Solanas attempted to assassinate a vastly influential gay artist who was an inspiration to a lot of people ... And was called the "First outstanding champion of women's rights" by N.O.W who represented her at trial. These inconsistent and hypocritical double standards are fucked up.
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