Okay these are the results from my survey.
Name = Morgan
E-mail address = faerygrrrl@aol.com
Age = 16
Gender = Female
Sexual Orientation = Lesbian/Gay
Punk = I'm not sure i really have a super good notion and expression of
punk. I suppose on some levels i am a punk, but i do not "look" it which bothers
some people. i think of not looking punk like "hey, at least i still get to live
at home, and don't get thrown out as much anymore" becuz it would piss my
parents off too much. Anyway, i think punk is all about bein tough and not
backing down and standing up for yrself and yr beiefs and yr friends (even
though a lot of the punks i know are chicken shit and just stand there and watch
their friend get beat up) and pretty much just believing in yrself and what you
can do. Thank you.
Parents = I suppose i like my parents, though love is a hard word to come
by. I guess I don't really know my dad enough to love him (yes, he still lives
w/ my mom and i, and yes, he's my real dad). i think he's a little uncomfortable
that i've grown up. but when he shows emotion, he practiccally makes me cry cuz
i'm so happy he loves me. As for my mom. We fight a lot. No one really belives
me; they jsut figure it's teenage whining. But we really do. It gets scary
sometimes. She's really angry and it shows through sometimes, which i can see in
her eyes.She'd make a good riot grrrl if she didn't bitch about it so much.
Body = Yes. If you had asked me a while ago, i would have said no. I still get worried
in bathing suits. BUT i do love my body. I was a fat girl. Now i'm a fat grrrl.
nothin's changed but my attitude. I pretty much decided that i wasn't gonna put
up w/ the shit i get from my peers and i was going to listen to me and i was
going to love aLL of me. cuz i pretty much think it's all or nothing. I never
had an eating disorder; almost, but i didn't. I made a lot of friends, which
helped. I went hrough all of these stages of hating the world and myself and
taking it out on my school and parents and i finally was jst "fuck that. they
don't matter. i matter."
Name = Rosie Lunny
E-mail adress = lunnym@hotmail.com
Age = 17
Gender = Female
Sex = Lesbian/Gay
Punk = I listen to it. I like it.
Parents = I don't listen to them. I don't not like them.
Body = I love it. It's a sex machine like you've never known.
Name = Anonymous
E-mail = ---
Age = 15
Gender = Female
Sexual Orientation = Lesbian/Gay
Punk = I really like punk, I consider myself a punk rocker. Punk has given
me a voice; it's given me a revolution. However, I also recognize the fact that
there's a lot of problems in the scene. All these kids think they're punk as
fuck cuz their hair is the "right" color or they've got all the "right" patches
on their bags. Sometimes I wonder if we've all forgotten what punk was supposed
to be.
Parents = I want to. I want to like them more than anything else in the
world, but I can't. My parents ignore me, they just look right through me, my
problems, etc. They have no idea of what my life is about. They don't care.
Body = I don't like my body at all. I feel like a hypocrite, being all punk
rock and a riot grrrl and everything, and still thinking i'm fat. still hating
my body, hating myself.
Name = *cHaIrGrRrL*
E-mail = chapstick@chickmail.com
Age = 16
Gender = Female
Sexual Orientation = Straight
Punk = Itz the best thing since velcro
Parents = Yes
Because accept that I'm different and support me in my
individuality
Body = No
Because no matter how many times someone says im not fat or those
magazines say they feature models who aren't waifs, I still remember all the
times people make fat people seem worthless and how many magazines feature size
0 models and claim that they are NOT skinny, what a bunch of hypocrites
Name = michelle
E-mail = leftwing@oocities.com
Age = seventeen
Gender = Female
Sexual Orientation = None
Punk = it's all good. minus the whole punker-than-thou bs.
Parents = when they like me.
Body = no - just cuz.
Name = SkaRLeTt RiOt
E-mail = tinkerivy@aol.com
Age = 15
Gender = Female
Sexual Orientation = None
Punk = punk is an attitude...punk is everything a punk wants punk to
be.......punk was reborn .....punk is bean yourself.....
Parents = i like my parents .......we get along now.....they support me
now...........i need blue hair
Body = prolly not........i would like a better body..........i need blue hair
Name = Meghan
E-mail = mysocalled@aol.com
Age = 17
Gender = Female
Sexual Orientation = Bisexual
Punk = i think punk fuckin rocks. my fav punk group right now is rancid, but
i like others such as exploited.
Parents = sometimes i like my parents. when theyre being closed-minded
assholes, of course i hate them, but otherwise theyre alright.
Body = no i dont like my body. i think i could lose some weight, and i dont
like my hair. the only thing i somewhat like are my eyes.
Name = greta
E-mail = pixydix@aol.com
Age = 16
Gender = Female
Sexual Orientation = Other
Punk = i love it
Parents = i hate them,, they confiscated my drugs
Body = no.. i went through an eating disorder and i gainde weight as i got
better
Name =
E-mail = kgrenson@hotmail.com
Age = 14
Gender = Female
Sexual Orientation = Lesbian/Gay
Punk = I think it's a good thing, except for a lot of people who think being
punk is just what you wear. I'm not exactly a punk, but I've seen a lot of
so-called punks judging people on how they look, and it seems really
hypocritcal, considering that punks supposed to be (in part) about self
expression.
Parents = It's hard for me to like a man who pushes his daughter down the
steps, and it's hard for me to like a woman who covers for him when he does.
Body = not particularly. I don't know why tho
Name = kelly franklin
E-mail = kef14@rollanet.org
Age = 16
Gender = Female
Sexual Orientation = Straight
Punk = as in punk music? i love it. but i hate it when people label another
"punk" or say "i love your punk look."
Parents = although my parents are extremely overprotective, i still love
them and try to get along with them. i am still their little girl, and i think
they need to give me more freesom.
Body = nobody is completely satisfied with their body: everyone has flaws
here and there. i could stand to lose a few pounds, and i would like a better
complection.
Name = Denise
E-mail = JustAPawn@hotmail.com
Age = 16
Gender = Female
Sexual Orientation = Bisexual
Punk = Punk is great. I love punk, but I'm not exclusively punk. Punk is
something different for everyone. For me it's not being afraid to feel. I love
Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill, Tilt, and Patti Smith. But I also love Sarah
McLachlan and the Murmurs. Punk is about being yourself, and being accepted
completely as who you are.
Parents = I love my parents. My mom is an amazing woman, but she makes bad
choices. I want to be as strong as she is someday, but on the same note I dread
being like her in any way. She trusts me completely, but sometimes it feels
like she doesn't give a damn about me. She never questions where I'm going, who
I'll be with, or what time I'll be back. My dad lives in TX. He got remarried
a little over a year ago. I like his wife, Pam, because she takes care of him.
I love my dad a lot, but I slightly resent him for the way he treated my mom
when they were married. If my parents hadn't gotten divorced when I was 10, I
probably never would have became as close to my dad as I am now. We are so much
alike, and I'm proud to say that.
Body = In the sense that it gets me where I need to go, and carries me
through this life I do. In the sense that I'm completely confident in my
appearance, no. Not at all usually.
Name = tom irwin
E-mail =
Age = 18
Gender = Male
Sexual Orientation = Straight
Punk = it rocks
Parents = yes,because they dont force there opinions on me and let me think
for my self
Body = yes, because its mine
Name = Natasha
E-mail = moonhalox@aol.com
Age = fiteen.
Gender = Female
Sexual Orientation = Other
Punk = Late 70s Britain produced some great bands (The Buzzcocks, Wire, The
Undertones), but attempts to trasfer it to the States was a failure. Bands still
attempt to recreate it, but they will never be able to capture the same feeling.
And, of course.. "Nothing good has EVER come out of Orange County."
Parents = My parents have a garage-full of old punk records. Of course I
like them.
Body = Yes. Though I could probably stand to gain five pounds.
Name = Punkette
E-mail = Psychoclown3@hotmail.com
Age = 17
Gender = Female
Sexual Orientation = Bisexual
Punk = Punk is good.
Parents = i hate my parents.cuz they are assholes and kicked me out
Body = i love my body. cuz i am a Goddess :)