Kaya Oakes's Books
Jun.28.2012
As someone who clocked more time in mosh pits and at pro-choice rallies than kneeling in a pew, Kaya Oakes was not necessarily the kind of Catholic girl the Vatican was after. But even while she immersed herself in the punk rock scene and proudly called herself an atheist, something kept pulling her back to the religion of her Irish roots.
After running away from the Church...
Jun.09.2009
You know the look: skinny jeans, Chuck Taylors, perfectly mussed bed-head hair; You know the music: Modest Mouse, the Shins, Pavement. You know the ethos: DIY with a big helping of irony. But what does it really mean to be “indie”?
As popular television shows adopt indie soundtracks and the signature style bleeds into mainstream fashion, the quirky individuality of the movement...
About Kaya
Kaya Oakes’ memoir, Radical Reinvention, is forthcoming from Counterpoint Press in April of 2012. Her first nonfiction book, Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture, was published by Henry Holt, and selected as a San Francisco Chronicle notable...
Causes Kaya Oakes Supports
The ACLU
Southern Poverty Law Center
Call to Action
Human Rights Campaign
Berkeley Food and Housing Project
Kaya’s Favorite Books
The White Album: Joan Didion, City of Quartz: Mike Davis, Can't Stop Won't Stop: Jeff Chang, Ghost World: Daniel Clowes, Love and Rockets: Gilbert and Jaime...