About the Program
A panel discussion on the Moscow-based feminist, punk collective Pussy Riot whose members, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alyokhina, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were arrested for staging a protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 12, 2012. The three women were charged with felony hoolinganism and sentenced to two years in prison, where two remain. The panelists include contributors to the book, Eileen Myles, Justin Vivian Bond, Johanna Fateman, Laurie Weeks, Vivien Goldman, Barbara Browning, and Karen Finely.