From Punk to Gunk: A Failed Generational Reckoning part 2
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/from-punk-to-gunk-a-failed-generational
Published: October 19, 2026 14:49
TW: references to sexual assault and racism
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Femme Utopias in Pop Music: Dolly Parton and Daisy Chain
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/femme-utopias-in-pop-music-dolly
Published: September 10, 2026 17:26
Some thoughts on pop music's potential for femme-inism with the help of Sophie Lewis, Toby Manning, Audre Lorde, and Ellen Willis.
Rollie Pemberton's "Ways of Listening"
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/rollie-pembertons-ways-of-listening
Published: May 26, 2026 21:45
A review and Q&A with Rollie Pemberton on the book's day of publication
How to waste a girl in modern America: What's wrong with Bama Rush from a liberal arts feminazi
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/how-to-waste-a-girl-in-modern-america
Published: January 24, 2026 18:30
After reading Biz Sherbet’s piece “How to build a girl in modern America,” describing how she went undercover in the sweltering mouth of Bama Rush, I decided to open TikTok for the first time in years.
Bugonia and the Girlboss Eugenicist
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/bugonia-and-the-girlboss-eugenicist
Published: December 8, 2025 19:13
Inspired by Sophie Lewis' "Enemy Feminisms"
Dispatch from the Neighborhood Venue Alliance
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/dispatch-from-the-neighborhood-venue
Published: October 2, 2025 21:28
The NVA met to discuss the problem of rising insurance costs since COVID-19.
The "Jersey Shore" of 1990's Indie Rock: "Dig!," "Spinal Tap," and the Male Rock Diva on Screen
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/the-jersey-shore-of-1990s-indie-rock
Published: September 13, 2025 18:45
The sequel to “Spinal Tap,” the near-perfect 1984 mockumentary about a failing hair metal band, comes 41 years after the original, and it’s unclear if the faux-band’s story will be updated or stuck in the past.
Running on Empty: Why COVID-19 Fallout Has Indie Musicians At A Crisis Point
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/running-on-empty-why-covid-19-fallout
Published: July 12, 2025 18:38
Columbia Journalism School Masters Project 2025
Stability is not idleness
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/stability-is-not-idleness
Published: June 9, 2025 17:21
A short personal essay from the fall
Apathy in "Anora"
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/apathy-in-anora
Published: January 24, 2025 02:53
I wrote this for a class assignment where we were instructed to see a movie that was only available in theaters, and to then write 800 words of a singular, critical viewpoint on that movie (best assignment ever).
And death i think is no parenthesis
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/and-death-i-think-is-no-parenthesis
Published: May 16, 2024 01:24
I go for a walk after sleeping off a mid-(sun)day beer.
Songs in the Background of Life: Dorée and Annabel
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/songs-in-the-background-of-life-doree
Published: May 9, 2024 18:16
After meeting in their freshman year of high school, Dorée Gordon and Annabel Hoffman circled each other in friendship, gradually getting closer as the years went on.
Sonic Transmission: A Q&A with Frances Chang
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/sonic-transmission-a-q-and-a-with
Published: March 19, 2024 17:29
“Psychedelic Anxiety,” the name of Frances Chang’s second album that came out on Feb.
Never Let It End: An Extended Play With M0nogamy
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/never-let-it-end-an-extended-play
Published: February 16, 2024 14:30
On M0nogamy’s debut EP “Gray Area,” their songs display vulnerability and confession, but remain firm and intentional under the emotional weight.
Sex and the Symposium
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/sex-and-the-symposium
Published: February 3, 2024 18:01
My train of thought over the last few weeks
But You Look So Pretty When You Smile: 20th Century Hysteria and its Legacy in “Sad Girl Indie”
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/but-you-look-so-pretty-when-you-smile
Published: January 21, 2024 18:17
Journalism senior thesis from May of 2023
Panicking & Processing
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/panicking-processing-344a4f39f049
Published: December 8, 2023 17:27
More Blogging
Portrait of an Overused Title
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/portrait-of-an-overused-title-b73a89cd045a
Published: November 15, 2023 21:01
I am, like, so unemployed and so The Graduate except that I have age appropriate sex.
Mini fanzine for @’s “Mind Palace Music”
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/fanzine-for-mind-palace-music-2ddb6e1a9423
Published: August 6, 2023 04:21
Mini fanzine for @’s “Mind Palace Music”
I Love I Love Dick (and music)
https://johannasommer.substack.com/p/i-love-i-love-dick-and-music-dda862c2bc0c
Published: July 25, 2023 20:52
The reading of Chris Kraus’ I Love Dick is recommended but not totally necessary for this “article.” For your life…