Teen Vogue to Black Metal: Waving the Black Flag with Kim Kelly

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In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we caught up with anarchist organizer, metal head, and journalist Kim Kelly. In this interview we cover a lot of topics, from Kelly’s recent successful introduction to anarchism in Teen Vogue, how she got radicalized, became involved in the world of journalism, anarchist ideas getting into the mainstream, unionization efforts in news media, and also the world of metal.

lol uh oh https://t.co/t2je7pxl4r pic.twitter.com/50LuD6qNPU

— Kim Kelly (@GrimKim) September 10, 2018

We cover a lot of ground in this episode, but central to the discussion is media itself, from frustrations over how anarchists, radicals, and antifascists have been presented in the mainstream, the need to create viable media alternatives, to the pros and cons of talking to and working with mainstream media. Throughout our conversation, Kelly discusses how her working-class and metal head background often left her the “odd person out” while in a room with her peers, but also gave her a different perspective than some of her colleagues.

Love the message behind @RACETRAITORcore's new video for "Cataclysm": "It is representing our community, which for us is inclusive of women, immigrants, Latinos, Muslims, Asians, queer people, and white men who reject what the far right has to offer them."https://t.co/ez4CqEhHqN pic.twitter.com/8hzTx3QcxI

— Kim Kelly (@GrimKim) October 2, 2018

This reality is also revisited as we discuss Kelly’s experience of being a woman within the metal scene, where for years Kelly has addressed reactionary elements within the genre and worked to highlight bands with revolutionary and antifascist politics.

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