Punk is often socially engaged, but the nature of that engagement can vary. Индульгенция (Indulgencia) might step on the toes of many punks with “Феминистка” (Feminist, 2014). Their stance comes from values unusual in the genre, namely Christian ones – and that may be the punkest thing of all.
Explained in Панк-католицизм группы «Индульгенция», the punk Catholicism of the band Indulgencia (Nihilist.li, 2017).
Oegarelaja
The language used to address the feminist in the song isn’t exactly Christian. To start, she’s branded угорелая (oegarelaja), which loosely translates to “crazy”. She’s also такая тупая (so dumb), like this whole world (как весь этот мир), and такая кривая (so crooked, skewed, wrong), like everyone around (как все вокруг). Your life is now black and white (твоя жизнь теперь чёрно-белая), which rhymes with feministka oegarelaja.
It also rhymes with не пытайся подойти ко мне близко – don’t try to get close to me. She probably won’t.
We do not support
In a studio session at Наше-ТВ (2020), Феминистка also comes up (starting at 7:47). Drummer Dima explains that there is no aggression in the song, but in general, мы не поддерживаем, we don’t support feminism or LGBT. However, that’s a очень большая тема, very big topic – not for that moment, and not for here either.
Live versions from 2019 and 2015, more for the visuals than the sound.
See also this one-man-band performance (2016).
More Indulgencia songs
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- Вы думали (You thought, 2017)
- Псевдо-анархисты (Pseudo-anarchists, 2017)
- Pussy Riot говно! (Pussy Riot is Shit, 2013)
- Протест (Protest, 2009)
Svaboda
Ending with a message that may resonate even with feminists: Свобода (Freedom, 2013).
Russians about Feminism (and more)
Watch: Russian women about feminism (USA vs the World, 2025, 8 mins), What Russians think about feminism? (1420, 2020, 9 mins) and What Do You Think About Feminism? Feminism In Russia (Street Talk, 2020, 12 mins).
Related: Russia and LGBT.
Mirror version of this article in Punk against Feminism: Индульгенция (Music in Russian, 2024).
Most of the music here is also available in an R1 playlist on YouTube (in order of release).
See also Best Russian Music and Russian Song Lyrics – continued in Russian Songs with Lyrics | Learn Russian Through Music.
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