#the slits

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Typical girls

The Slits on the Victoria line

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Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, Debbie Harry of Blondie, Viv Albertine of The Slits, Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex, Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie And The Banshees and Pauline Black of The Selecter in London, 1980.

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the slittening

"your slit is a bit wider than mine"

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The Slits Pictures from: 1) ''Zigzag'', #75, August 1977 2) ''1988: the New Wave Punk rock Explosion by Caroline Coon (1982)

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Percy Weasley HC: Music

When I see headcannons about Percy Weasley, some of them are about his music taste which normally head cannoned as jazz or classical music which I understand because it fits his vibe. But I love the idea of a smart, nerdy looking perfect prefect Percy listening to Riot Grrl. (For those who don't know, riot grrl is like femal metal that talks about sexism, misogny and is about feminism. It also occurs during 1970s to 1990s so it makes sense historically as well.)

Percy is an intelligent person so he should be able to see that sexism and misogny is wrong and that the sterotypes about genders are incorrect. (Feminist Percy Weasley is my life.)

So one day he listening to the radio at the burrow which no one else is really paying attention to and hears it for the first time and instantly gets obsessed. He wants to help the women and is inspired by the music which could tie into his obsession with the ministry because he wants to fix the corruption and sexism in the country. It's one of the reasons he wanted to be Minister of Magic so he could try and help end sexism and gender sterotypes.

Also he 100% had a Walkman cassette tape. It was made in 1979 and was actually really popular. Riot Grrl surfaced in 1970s to 1990s so it just makes sense to me that Percy would have a walkman and listen to female rock. Oh and his favouite bands are The Slits and Bikini Kill. His favourite songs are 'New Radio' and 'Rebel Girl'.

(And imaging sweet prefect perfect Percy Weasley who no one has ever seen do a wrong thing, listening to Riot Grrl and singing along to the lyrics, yes, even the swears, is funny to me and I hold this hc close to my heart. And did I spend 30 minutes researching so it all makes sense with the production of the Walkman and when the bands were formed? Yes. Yes I did. Do I regret it? absolutely not.)

(Oh and Oliver 100% found him singing vulgar lyrics and fell for him even more. Also Oliver would be opposite and listen to Jazz and classical because I love couples that have interests that are like the complete opposite to what their vibe is or what other people think and it's unpredictable and no one would believe it until they saw it themselves. While Percy has a walkman, Oliver would have collections of vinyls just like in Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy. Whenever the gryffindors in the common room hear just heavy metal from their dorm, they assume it's Oliver when it's actually Percy.)

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. Here is my conclusion Clears throat

#Percy Weasley Defense squad #Perciver

Audience cheers and applaudes.

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The Slits

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Poor pheal. Phey’ve seen things

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April 17, 1978

The John Peel Session version of Instant Hit by The Slits captures their punk spirit at its finest.

Here's an excerpt of the notes (written by Tom Cox) included in the CD :

Contrary to popular belief, boys weren't the only ones who changed the world by playing punk rock in the 1970s: girls did it as well. And, in the case of the Slits, they did it as well as anyone. On record, Ari Up, Viv Albertine, Palmolive (later replaced by Budgie and then Bruce Smith) and Tessa Pollitt stuffed the gap between the rebel reggae of the Clash and the attic punk of the Raincoats with unqualified, fiercely experimental "death-disco" dub.

Live, they were the wildest of the wild, a riot of public urination and feminist insurrection. When John Peel re-aired the band's Peel Sessions- originally broadcast in the late 70s and early 80s - in the mid 90s, and called them his "favourite ever", he knew exactly which Slits persona he was championing.

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The Slits

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Viv Albertine *December 1, 1954

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Record Mirror

The Slits (1980-06)

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Post-punk, punk rock, new wave and no wave Christmas icons from a post-punk LiveJournal community (2007)