G'Ra Asim writes on the punk rock appeal of the Women's Professional Baseball League

G'Ra Asim, known for his work with Baby Got Back Talk and Uppity, has written an essay for The Nation magazine arguing that the Women's Professional Baseball League holds a distinctly punk rock appeal. The piece opens with a critique of how the scene handles its own aging.

Asim notes that much of the viral content about being an aging punk or emo kid leans on nostalgia, as though belonging to a forward-thinking subculture ultimately means dwelling on the past. The skills and instincts sharpened in VFW halls, garages and church basements, he argues, translate just as well to the fight for gender equity in professional sports.

The essay's central suggestion is that scene veterans would find more purpose in backing an independent, still-forming subculture like the WPBL than in buying into commercially packaged nostalgia events. "Why settle into being a mark for the contrived cash grabs of your local Emo Nite," Asim writes, pointing readers toward redirecting lingering angst.

Throughout the piece, the league is framed as a bottom-up project that shares punk's collective, do-it-yourself logic and its skepticism toward established institutions. The full essay is available at The Nation.

Alongside his music, Asim has built a parallel profile as a writer, and the new essay continues the overlap between underground music and cultural criticism that runs through his work.