My new, free access Patreon post is an overview of Hardline, based on Phoenix X Eeyore’s book Total Revolution? An Outsider History of Hardline. This bizarre, 1990s micro-subculture within the hardcore scene promoted straight-edge, veganism, militant animal rights – but was also anti-abortion and homophobic. Eeyore explores the history of the movement in depth, showing how it’s even far stranger than it seems on the surface. The most fascinating book I read in 2025!

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