Is It Really a Popular Problem?

Nadya Tolokonnikova (@tolokno) is one of feminist art punk collective Pussy Riot's most visible members, and she's the author of Read & Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism.

• The roots of Nadya's distrust of authority -- and why she became a headstrong activist against it at an age when many Americans are only beginning to discover themselves.
• What Pussy Riot's protest art aims to accomplish by openly defying such authority.
• What life in a Russian prison labor camp is really like and how Nadya and her bandmates survived their sentence for "hooliganism" there.
• How today's young people are making contributions to their communities in ways undreamt of just a generation ago (and often pulling bigger paychecks than their parents).
• The potential perils of shoplifting to survive for eight years and creating DIY music in a corrupt police state without a stunt double.
• And much more...

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