Being a PUNKY MOM.
What is it that makes you a Punky Mom? We’ve been exploring this question on the board recently.
The initial reaction many have has to do with aesthetics, but this is wrong. True, most Punky Moms are punk in body and mind, however it is very possible to be a punk in actions and thought yet not look it and the converse is true as well, but we all know that those who just look the part but don’t live it are just poseurs.
So what is punk?
The Punk Primer states: As a subculture, Punk vibrates around a fascinating, creative, dynamic tension between the values of community and of individualism. It is a society of non-conformists, encouraged to "Think for yourself!" but support each other. It is a very colorful collection of alienated [people] with often conflicting viewpoints, struggling to strengthen their common bonds and preserve their differences at the same time. Punk is relentlessly realistic, yet idealistic to the bone. It is a home for self-chosen misfits and other social [outcasts] which must constantly deal with the few who would abuse its great freedom. The transmitters of Punk's ethos (its perspective, values, attitudes, customs, traditions) must constantly struggle to educate the successive waves of newcomers, many attracted by sensational accounts in the mass media, others crossovers from heavy metal, to its own radically different values. http://members.tripod.com/~droplegs/PUNK.html
And this is the situation in which we find ourselves – educating the successive waves of newcomers as to what it means to be a Punky Mom.
We define a Punky Mom as a mother who is strong, opinionated, resourceful, political, non-mainstream, and unique. Someone who is ready to work hard to change the system from with in whether it be in the PTA, the government, or your community in general.
Our members come from various countries and backgrounds. We all have different sets of circumstances, yet we all share a common ideology and goal: We are here to celebrate out uniqueness and ability to remain true to ourselves as we become parents and to pass that torch on to our children and we will support each other in their journey in the world of Punk Parenting.
In the end, it boils down to:
Just be yourselves.
Just be honest.
Just be. |
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