"We'd be arrested almost every day, but we'd get out of a police station and go back to the streets. Our goal was to show Russian people that resisting is, indeed, an option.
The reason why I became a threat to the system, not because of any actual physical power that I have, but because courage is contagious. And any act of speaking the truth can cause incalculable transformations in social consciousness. And we all have this power. It's a moral act to use this power. You may or may not achieve the results that you wanted, but there is eternal beauty in trying to find truth, in risking everything you've got for what's right...”
As always, she saves choice words for Putin: “Vladimir Vladimirovich, the Kremlin walls became your prison walls. You have already lost. You know it. That's why you're so afraid. You lost in spirit. Now we just need Russians at home, and Ukrainians on the battlefield, to make the implicit explicit.”
In honor of International Women’s Day, a week-long online auction curated by Pussy Riot creator Nadya Tolokonnikova will be sending a portion of its proceeds to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
My Body, My Business, hosted by Sotheby’s, includes 32 works from a diverse group of women whose traditional and digital practices explore multifaceted issues within the scope of women’s rights.
Tolokonnikova’s own eggplant emoji candle, “Fragile Masculinity Genesis” (2023), will go under the hammer.
A Colossal Conversation: Nadya Tolokonnikova on Pussy Riot, Life as Performance Art, and How Anonymity is Her Strength
"I think about an artist almost like an antenna that has to hear things," says Nadya Tolokonnikova. "We’re privileged in a way that we can take our time to just sit down, listen, and be this antenna. Not everyone is privileged to do that."
Stop Making Stupid People Famous - Our Lady Peace (feat. Pussy Riot)
Lyrics
I've got the feeling we were dreaming when the panic attacked
And we keep making stupid people famous now we're paying for that
We look for meaning on the ceiling
When we lie in our beds
We blame our parents and our therapist for clouding our heads
(Oh yeah)
I know you got it
We're working hard on a dream
I know you want it
We're working hard on a dream
I know you got it
Unceremoniously
But we're working hard on a dream
And hey (alright)
Tell me how you're living
And hey (alright)
Tell me are you with me
I've got the feeling I was dreaming when I woke up in jail
And we keep making stupid people famous now we're living in hell
I know you got it
We're working hard on a dream
I know you want it
We're working hard on a dream
I know you got it
Unceremoniously
But we're working hard on a dream
And hey (alright)
Tell me how you're living
And hey (alright)
Tell me are you with me
Stop, we gotta stop
Stop, we gotta stop
And hey (alright)
Tell me how you're living
(Stop making stupid people famous)
And hey (alright)
Tell me are you with me
(Stop making stupid people famous)
And hey (alright)
Tell me how you're living
(Stop making stupid people famous)
And hey (alright)
Tell me are you with me
(Stop making stupid people famous)