In celebration of love, here are some thoughts on the subject from punk rockers I’ve chatted to over the years (mostly) taken from my Conversations With Punx project. “Maintaining a healthy self-image and really loving yourself is something that’s really important to me. People let life get to them too much and they get beaten down [...]

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I’ve  just completed the latest issue in my limited edition zine series Conversations with Punx. Conversations with Punx: A Spiritual Dialogue Zine #3 ‘Love’ …handbound with silver cord on marbled paper + hand drawn gold heart ♥ is available to order by contacting me directly at: conversationswithbianca [at] gmail [dot] com. 79 pages… in-depth interviews with members [...]

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?uestlove by Nizam Uddin Frida Kahlo by Libby Rosof Hobos by Michelle Aziz Joey by Dave Parker “Be yourself, don’t take anyone’s shit, and never let them take you alive.” ~Gerard Way “Well there is that common misconception that punk was this negative nihilistic thing, but that was never what it was about. It was [...]

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