Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova on Activism in NFTs

Over the past year, Nadya Tolokonnikova, co-founder of the Russian punk rock activist collective Pussy Riot, has become an integral part of the NFT ecosystem. A long time critic of Vladimir Putin and major proponent of women’s and LGBTQ rights, she was jailed in 2012 which in turn bolstered her prominence as an artist. In this latest iteration of her career, Tolokonnikova has shifted gears, collecting and supporting crypto-artists while simultaneously minting her own NFTs as a new form of social activism.

In this episode we cover:

- Tolokonnikova’s entrance into the NFT space

- Her influential ACAB NFT drop 

- How her experiences protesting against Putin shaped her views on decentralization

- What she thinks web3 will mean for activism

- How NFTs can help oster meaningful social change

- The lack of women in the NFT space

- And much more…

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