Pussy Riot

This week in class we got an inside look on the band Pussy Riot- a band consisting of three young women risking it all to stand up what they believe in. We watched a documentary capturing the bands morals, background, and their famous story of being arrested, jailed and critisized for a performance that will go down in history- some argue for good reason, others for bad. The band is a Russian female protest rock group based in Moscow, Russia. They compose music with unapologetic lyrics, capturing their political beliefs and voice of change. The female punk group consists of three members- Nayda Tolokno, Masha    

Alsokhina, and Yekaterina 

Samutsevich. These women are in their 20s and are risking it all to get their voices heard. They are known in Russia to perform in random locations, unexpected ones where many people will hear their protest music these women classify more as art. Their most famous performance however took place February 21, 2012. The band decided to perform at a location they were sure would spark attention, and they were defineetly right. Pussy Riot stormed Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior and launched into what they would later call a “punk prayer.” Screaming, “Shit! Shit! The Lord’s shit!”. The band defended their performance to not have been disrespecting the church and religion in entirety, but rather the state, President Putin and their feelings of injustice in the political system. However, many took offense to the Pussy Riot performance, and the three members were put on trial. The trail resulted in all three members sentenced to prison for 3 years, and the women took their sentencing with pride. They stood up for what they believed in and were willing to pay the consequences in order to send a powerful message world wide.