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For Miles and Miles…
For Miles and Miles… A story of how Sound & Fury 2019 changed my life Written by Gretchen Marie HahnI’d like to preface this story with a trigger warning for those who may be affected by mat...
Bringing Back xsisterhoodx!
It was the summer of 1994. My mom, a nurse at a neighboring high school had me tag along to help with the athletic physicals. My job was to ensure that the students had filled out their forms co...
Defying Order
We all have favorite bands, artists, songs, and genres for various reasons; sometimes, it may be because: we fell in love with them when we were young, it helped us through heart aches, special moment...
From Sobriety to Straight Edge
I first heard of Straight Edge in my mid-teens when a friend of mine, chatting on ICQ told me he was ‘sXe.’. Living in Hong Kong I figured this was a sect of Buddhism I’d not heard of before – T...
X Marked Hands and Hardcore Bands
October 20th, 2003 was the beginning into a subculture that has changed the course of my life. It was the day that I devoted my life to being Straight Edge. I claimed it and owned, what I thought that...
Open Eyes, Open Heart
Written by Betty Maxx I hate being asked why I am Straight Edge; I feel like it should be a decision that needs no external reasoning. People don’t often ask questions like “why do you breath air...
Ross Haenfler on Straight Edge
Written by Tobi Below you will find an interview with Ross Haenfler, a sociology professor working at University of Mississippi. He wrote a book about the straight edge sub...
College VS Straight Edge
Written by Bailee Ah, college. The time in many young adults life to move away from mom and dad and experience the ‘real world’ Three years ago, I was presented with the greatest opportunity of my lif...
Cutting Former Straight Edgers a Break
Written by Jake My name is Jake and I’m one of the many aging former straight edge hardcore dudes on the internets. I got into hardcore in the mid ’80s and was quite active in the Southern C...
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