Amber Larson, Seven, Wisdom Quarterly; ALOUD (lfla.org)
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| "I was my own person again" (Slate.com) |
Pussy Riot, the feminist art collective and sometime punk band, is author Masha Gessen's new obsession -- after exposing Pres. Vlad Putin.
A full discussion of their story as well as that of the Dictator That Could (Vladimir Putin) will take place this Wednesday in the Los Angeles Central Library.
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| Nadia's hunger strike (theguardian.com) |
On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 (7:15 pm, Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, downtown Los Angeles) ALOUD welcomes author Masha Gessen (Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot) in conversation with St. Mary’s College Professor of politics Suzi Weissman.
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| Tortured and tormented in custody (AFP) |
On February 21, 2012 five young
women entered the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow wearing
neon-colored dresses, tights, and balaclavas (knitted face masks) to perform “A Punk Prayer”
beseeching the “Mother of God” to “get rid of Putin.”
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| American activists stand up for Pussy Riot |
What transformed
a group of young women into a collective of artists with a shared vision, and what gave
them the courage to express that vision and to deal with the
subsequently devastating outcomes?
Through the trial of three feminist
punk band Pussy Riot members, Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen, author
of Putin: The Man Without a Face, tells a larger story about
Vladimir Putin’s Russia, with its state-controlled media, pervasive
corruption, and pliant judiciary. [The free event is RSVP only and sold out, but there may be standby seating.]
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| HBO Documentaries: "Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer" |
“I Was My Own Person Again”
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| Collective of balaclava-clad artists |
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