Anecdotal evidence suggests that more and more feminist and riot grrrl zines are being produced by UK women and girls. |
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As a liberal grrrl, I would have thought that the last person I'd ever support would be a four-star general who voted for Ronald Reagan. |
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After working on my book proposal for a little and the garden for longer today, I decided to be a bad grrrl and just play a game. |
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Heavens to Betsy only released one album, 1994's Calculated, but the duo remain a riot grrrl cornerstone. |
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We're not trying to align ourselves with riot grrrl or being a girl band, but there's no doubt that being a girl making music is still a politicized thing to do. |
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I thought, since we already went through riot grrrl in the early '90s, that women playing in bands, especially punk bands, had a lot more freedom, but I was sadly deluded. |
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The Seattle grunge explosion was just a drive away, and the riot grrrl movement, set up in part as a protest against its macho aggression, felt genuinely revolutionary. |
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The story goes back to the teenage radical feminist milieu that called itself riot grrrl, an explosion of bands, fanzines and cross-country committees of correspondence, a milieu with an especially strong presence in Olympia. |
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Sleater-Kinney: No Cities to Love A return to form for the reunited riot grrrl pioneers, filled to capacity with their signature crunching guitars and breathless, animated vocals. |
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Now, they buy grunge, ambient, illbient, acid house, acid jazz, drum 'n' bass, Eurodance, hip-hop, trip-hop, lounge, techno, glam, industrial metal, lo-fi, dream pop, psyche rock or riot grrrl. |
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Riot Grrrl revolutionized this idea, making the bedroom a place to produce zines, hold all-girl meetings, or play guitar. |
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Comfort can easily lead to complacency, and for a band rooted in punk's Riot Grrrl movement, there's no greater sin than phoning it in. |
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