Originally published on Hip Mamaby Michelle Cruz GonzalesNovember 10th, 2016 “This is my place. My people have been here since…
Spitboy Rule Author, Michelle Cruz Gonzales Featured in Green Day Produced Documentary
By Michelle Cruz Gonzales Spitboy Rule Author, Michelle Cruz Gonzales Featured in Green Day Produced Documentary I was interviewed for…
Of Lady Bird, Real Women Have Curves, and Revisiting the Question of Plagiarism
Originally posted on Latino RebelsBy Michelle Cruz GonzalesDecember 28th, 2017 Via Lady Bird’s Facebook page When I confront my writing…
The First Rule of Punk: The Most Important Book Published During the First Year of the Trump Presidency
By Michelle Cruz Gonzales Latino RebelsJanuary 22nd, 2018 Growing up, Speedy Gonzales was, literally, the only children’s character (cartoon, book…
Iconic Drummer Michelle Gonzales and the Xicana Resistance of Riot Grrrl: A Review
By Michelle Threadgould RemezclaFebruary 29, 2016 “Kiss the freak, faggot,” spat Travis at my friend David and me. Travis was the ringleader of the…
Michelle Gonzales Cruz’s Memoir The Spitboy Rule
by Robyn TakayamaLa RazaMarch 28th, 2016 When Michelle Cruz Gonzales read excerpts from The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana…
#LatinoLit Review – The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band by Michelle Cruz González
By Charlie VázquezLatino RebelsApril 1, 2016 This slim and mean volume of punk memoir brought me back to my years…
Message First: Author and Spitboy Drummer Michelle Cruz Gonzales on Punk, Privilege and Perimenopause
by Karin SpinHip Mama From 1990 to 1995, Michelle Gonzales toured the world as the drummer of Spitboy, a feminist…
The Struggles and Victories of a Xicana Woman in a Hardcore Band
By Leilani ClarkKQEDApril 10th, 2016 I first saw the East Bay feminist hardcore band Spitboy in 1993. I remember the…
Feministing Reads: The Spitboy Rule: Tales of Xicana in a Female Punk Band
by Chanelle AdamsFeministingApril 25th, 2106 Many of us have dreamt of starting a badass girl band. Few of us have…