Dream Nails - ＂Kiss My Fist＂

What this video is

Released September 2020, 'Kiss My Fist' accompanied Dream Nails' self-titled debut album on Alcopop! Records and Dine Alone Records. The video and song directly address anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime in the UK, released in the context of a documented surge in such offences. The rollerskating setting functions as a reclamation of public space — a central theme of the band's queer feminist politics — during a period when the…

Why it matters

Represents a key artifact of the 2010s–2020s UK queer feminist punk revival, sitting in lineage with riot grrrl and connecting to contemporaries like Dream Wife and Big Joanie. The video fuses punk performance with action sports subculture, making a political statement through joyful, defiant…

The director

Guen Murroni is an Italian-Irish award-winning writer-director based in the UK. Her short films 'Fee' and 'Playground' received nominations at BAFTA and BIFA recognised festivals, with 'Fee' nominated for Best British Short at the IRIS Prize 2019. Her…