Femistorian

BEST FEMINIST RANT: Paint It Black
FFF’s Black Stage was mostly devoted to punk, metal and hardcore. Frontman Dan Yemin of the Philly trio Paint It Black ended his time there by preaching to the circle pit, proclaiming that he was ashamed that the Black Stage (and the punk scene in general) didn’t feature a greater percentage of female artists — and that it was up to male fans and musicians to help change that. He went on to call out two (unnamed) bands for encouraging misogynistic lyrics/slogans (“suburban emobrokenhearted dude thing is about hating women…. ) then concluded, “I’m not gonna be happy ‘til it’s half-women on this stage.