I kahi mana ʻē aʻe o 1995, ua luku ʻia kahi ahulau pohihihi āpau i nā mākua a pau a waiho i nā ʻōpio o kekahi kūlanakauhale i kahi kaua kolohe kolohe. ʻO kēia ka manaʻo no Jovanka Vuckovic's Nā kaikamahine kipi, kahi pīpī i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka punk me ke ʻano pōuliuli o lalo. 

I ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Potter's Bluff i ka ʻaoʻao Hikina ʻilihuna a me ka ʻaoʻao Komohana waiwai - punks vs preps, ʻoiaʻiʻo - me nā hui āpau e ʻākoakoa ma hope o kahi kāne alpha. Ke hopu ʻo Westside Titans (ʻaʻahu ʻia i nā lole leta a hoʻokomo ʻia me ka ʻuhane kula) i kahi Eastsider, hiki i ʻelua mau kaikamahine puʻupuʻu haunaele punk - Scratch (Paloma Kwiatkowski; Nā Bates Motel) a me Nat (Madison Iseman; Hele mai ʻo Annabelle i ka home) - e kolo i loko, bash kekahi iwi poʻo, a mālama i ka lā. 

Kuhikuhi ʻia, kākau ʻia, hoʻoponopono ʻia, hoʻolālā ʻia, a hana ʻia e nā wahine, kau ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni paʻa i kāna wahine wahine ikaika. Hōʻike ʻia lākou āpau i kahi kukui kūpono a relatable i hiki i ka poʻe hoʻolohe ke hoʻohui maoli. He aloha aloha maoli ko kēia mau kaikamahine, makaʻu, nāwaliwali, a me nā ikaika, a hiki iā lākou ke lilo i heroic me ka ʻole o ka mākalakala mystical o sci-fi kung fu.

Nā kaikamahine kipi holoi ʻia me kahi māmā, ʻōpio ʻōpio e poli ma luna o ke ʻano pouli o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. No kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e kia ana i ka puʻu ʻōpio, aia ka nui o ka hoʻokahe koko. He mea kahaha paha ke ʻike aku i nā keiki e kū pololei i ka pepehi kanaka ʻana o kekahi i kekahi, akā ʻaʻohe hopena maoli e kāohi iā lākou - ʻaʻohe luna e mālama iā lākou i ka laina. Me ke ʻano kūpono ʻo “us vs lākou,” hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke kumu e manaʻoʻiʻo ai kēia poʻe keiki ʻo ia ka hopena ʻoi loa i ko lākou pilikia o kēia manawa. 

ʻO ka pilikia me ka "ʻaʻohe hopena maoli" ʻo ka make e lawe ana i kahi kaupaona liʻiliʻi - pāʻani wikiwiki kēia mau keiki me ka pepehi kanaka. Ke pepehi ʻia kekahi, neʻe koke mākou i mua. Ua hoʻoponopono ʻia ka make - akā ʻo ka ʻike ʻana paha i ka make ʻana o kou mau mākua a pau mai ka ʻōpū pala e hana aku ai kēlā iā ʻoe. Lawe ia i kahi lihi dramatika, akā ʻōlelo ia i ke ʻano dystopian maoli o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. 

ʻO kēlā, tonally, Nā kaikamahine kipi he wahi kolohe. Hōʻalo ʻo ia i waena a ma waena ma waena o nā kau nui a me nā huakaʻi māmā, a hoʻopau ʻia me ka maikaʻi ʻole. Ma muli o ko mākou ʻohi ʻana i waenakonu o ka moʻolelo me kahi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia o nā kaiāulu kaua, hiki i ka paʻakikī ke hoʻohui i nā kumu o kēia mea āpau. 

Akā ma ke ʻano he flippant e like me ke kiʻi me ka mālama ʻana i ka make, Nā kaikamahine kipi lawelawe i ke kumuhana o ka hoʻouka kolohe me ka umekaumaha kūpono. ʻIke maopopo ʻo Scratch i kekahi trauma i kona wā i hala e mālama mau ana iā ia. Hoʻolilo kāna mau hopohopo i kāna ʻano wiwo ʻole ke hoʻomaka nā mea e kaumaha.  

Ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana, alakaʻi ʻia nā Titans e Jeremy (Munro Chambers; ʻO Turbo Kid, Harpoon). Koʻo ʻia ʻo Jeremy e like me ka nahesa, mākaukau e hahau. Hāʻawi kāna ʻano ʻāwīwī i nā Chambers e pāʻani nui ai, a ʻike ʻo ia i ka leʻaleʻa i ka ikaika stoic. Wahi a kēlā, ʻaʻole paha ke ʻano o Jeremy i kūpono loa nona. ʻO Chambers loea keu, akā ua kāohi nui ʻia ke ʻano ke makemake maoli ʻoe e ʻike iā ia e hele i nā ala hao. 

Ua hilinaʻi maoli ʻo Kwiatkowski i ko Scratch ʻano punk pōhaku, a me he mea lā kūlohelohe ia nona. ʻO ia paha ke kākau moʻolelo, akā aia kekahi mau manawa ʻaʻole kūlike kāna hana me ka hana. Hoʻoikaika ia i kahi hopena kikoʻī mai iā ia ʻaʻole gel me ke kani holoʻokoʻa, no laila ke hele nei ka hana me he mea stilted - ʻaʻohe hewa i ka mea hana keaka.

i ka wa Nā kaikamahine kipi ʻaʻole kipi e walaʻau nei a hāʻawi ʻole paha i ka manaʻo e pili ana i ka hoʻohanohano, he moʻolelo momona a momona hoʻi kāna. Hōʻike ʻo Nat lāua ʻo Scratch i kā lāua pili pili i loko o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, ke kūkulu nei i kahi ʻōlelo hōʻoluʻolu naʻau e apo i ka ʻuhane o ke aloha ʻōpio. 

Nā kaikamahine kipi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni spunky a me ka ikaika, hoʻokomo ʻia me nā sensibility 90s mua. Nānā ʻia i ka poʻe ʻōpio e pono ke ola me ke kōkua ʻole o nā mākua (ke au o nā keiki latchkey) a loaʻa kahi puke mele mele ʻokoʻa e pīpī i ka pono ʻole o ke ʻano ʻōpio i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. 

ʻOiai aia kekahi mau hiccup me ka pacing a me ke kani, Nā kaikamahine kipi he leo wahine wahine punk rock punk. Me nā kaha wahine koʻikoʻi - e like me Caine (Jenny Raven) a me Lucy (Jordana Blake) mau makahiki naauao - hōʻuluʻulu nā kaikamahine kipi a hōʻike iā mākou hiki iā mākou ke kīkī i ke alo i ke kuleana kāne a me ka classism, a puka lanakila. ʻO mākou nā meʻe o kā mākou mau moʻolelo iho, a ʻaʻole pono mākou e hoʻopakele.

ʻOiai i kahi post-apocalypse, hiki iā mākou ke koi i ka honua e like me kā mākou.

 

Nā kaikamahine kipi e loaʻa i kahi hoʻokuʻu keaka palena palena e hoʻomaka ana i Kepakemapa 13, 2019.