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The term "riot grrrl" is both a genre designation of the movement, and can also refer to individual self-proclaimed riot grrrls who foster an aggressively independent Do-It-Yourself subculture by organizing and supporting female-centric bands, festivals and shows; group meetings, networking, collectives, and support groups; free workshopping, self-defense courses (like Home Alive), activism (often with benefit concerts), and underground fanzine culture. A genre [], (French: kind or sort from Greek: γένος (genos)) is a loose set of criteria for a category of literary composition; the term is also used for any other form of art or utterance. ... The DIY ethic (do it yourself ethic) refers to the ethic of being self-reliant and doing things yourself as opposed to paying others to do it. ... For other uses, see Female (disambiguation). ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre. ... Buskers perform in San Francisco A performance, in performing arts, generally comprises an event in which one group of people (the performer or performers) behave in a particular way for another group of people (the audience). ... Meetings are sometimes held around conference tables. ... A collective is a group of people who are organized around an issue or to accomplish a goal together. ... Support groups exist to combat or legitimise conditions or behaviours. ... A workshop is a room or building which provides both the area and tools (or machinery) that may be required for the manufacture or repair of manufactured goods. ... Self defense refers to actions taken by a person to defend onself, ones property or ones home. ... Home Alive is a Seattle based anti-violence non-profit organization that offers affordable self-defense classes and provides public education and awareness. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... A benefit concert is a concert featuring musicians, comedians, or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose, often directed at a specific and immediate humanitarian crisis. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A punk zine (or punkzine) is a fanzine devoted to punk rock music, bands, or the DIY punk philosophy. ...

History

Origins

In the early 1990s, many young women involved in underground music scenes throughout the United States articulated their feminist thoughts and desires through the "Do-It-Yourself" methods of making punk-rock fanzines and forming garage bands. The political model of collage-based, photocopied handbills and booklets was already used by the punk movement as a way to activate underground music, leftist politics and alternative (to mainstream) sub-cultures. Many women found that while they identified with a larger, music oriented subculture, they often had little to no voice in their local scenes, so they took it upon themselves to represent their own interests by making their own fanzines, music and art. Underground music is music which has developed a cult following, independent of commercial success. ... For other uses, see Collage (disambiguation). ... A small, much-used Xerox copier in a high school library. ... A 1990 hand-drawn flyer advertising a Goa trance party from Israel. ... A booklet is a small book. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition...

In 1991, in what many believe to be an unorganized collective response to the Christian Coalition's Right to Life attack on abortion and the Senate Judiciary Hearings of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas--in which Anita Hill accused Thomas of sexual harassment and was mocked by the media--young feminist voices were heard through multiple protests, actions and events (L7's Rock for Choice) that would later become part of a larger organized consciousness. This consciousness coalesced in late 1991 under the movement known as "riot grrrl." This article is about the organization presently operating in the United States. ... The term right to life is a political term used in controversies over various issues that involve the taking of a life (or what is perceived to be a life). ... For other persons with this name, see Anita Hill (disambiguation). ... L7 (sometimes spelled L-7) has several meanings: L7 is 1950s slang for square, based on the shape made when putting together an L made with the left thumb and index finger and a 7 made with the right thumb and index finger. ...

Women often cited as important influences to this movement in feminism include but are not limited to: Patti Smith, X-Ray Spex, Crass, The Avengers, Yoko Ono, Joan Jett, The Slits, L7, Lunachicks, Ann Magnuson of Bongwater, Gladys Bentley, The Plasmatics, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Ronettes, The Raincoats, Aretha Franklin, Betty Davis, The Shirelles, Honey Bane, Ma Rainey, Moe Tucker, Big in Japan, Judy Nylon, Nico, Bush Tetras, Au Pairs, Niagara, Sharon Cheslow, Penetration, The Shaggs, Rubella Ballet, LiLiPUT, Lydia Lunch, Poison Girls, Exene Cervenka, Julia Cafritz of Pussy Galore, The Nuns, The Bags, Frightwig, The Shop Assistants, Kim Gordon, Yeastie Girls and others; feminist artists like Carolee Schneeman, Linda Benglis, Yayoi Kusama, Martha Rosler, Johanna Went, Diamanda Galás, Vaginal Creme Davis, and Barbara Kruger; and writers such as Angela Davis, Kathy Acker, bell hooks, Gertrude Stein, Julia Kristeva, and Emma Goldman. 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Lunachicks were a Riot Grrrl style all-women band, formed in New York City in 1987. ... Ann Magnuson (January 4, 1956) is an American actress, performance artist, and nightclub performer who first gained prominence in the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan. ... Bongwater was an oftentimes trippy college rock band formed by Ann Magnuson and Mark Kramer (boss of the Shimmy Disc record label) in 1985 and dissolved in 1992. ... Gladys Bentley (12 August 1907-18 January 1960) was a famous butch lesbian African-American blues singer during the Harlem Renaissance. ... The Plasmatics were an American punk band, formed by Yale graduate and radical anti-artist Rod Swenson, around the late Wendy O. Williams. ... Siouxsie and the Banshees are a British gothic rock band. ... The Ronettes first album The Ronettes were a girl group of the 1960s from New York City, best known for their work with producer Phil Spector. ... The Raincoats were formed in 1977 by Ana da Silva (vocals, guitar) and Gina Birch (vocals, bass) while they were students at Hornsey College of Art, London, England. ... Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... For the actress, see Bette Davis, for the meteorologist, see Betty Davis (meteorologist). ... The Shirelles were an influential American girl group in the early 1960s. ... Image of Fatal Microbes on back of their Violence Grows 7 The Fatal Microbes was a UK punk rock group that existed in the late 1970s. ... Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, better known as Ma Rainey (September, 1882 – December 22, 1939), was one of the earliest known professional blues singers and one of the first generation of such singers to record. ... Maureen Ann Moe Tucker (born 1945, in New Jersey, United States) is best know for having been the drummer for the rock group The Velvet Underground. ... Image:Bij. ... 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LiLiPUT were an all-girl Swiss female post-punk/new wave band active from 1978 to 1983. ... Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Koch on June 2, 1959 in Rochester, New York) is an American singer, poet, writer, and actress. ... Poison Girls preforming at the squatted Zig Zag Club in London, 18th December 1982 The Poison Girls were a British anarcho-punk band. ... X on the cover of their 1997 collection Beyond and Back: The X Anthology, with Exene in the center foreground Exene Cervenka (born Christine Cervenka February 1, 1956) is an American musician and actress. ... Pussy Galore was an American noise rock band that formed in Washington D.C. during 1985. ... The Nuns are an indie/punk band from the North-West of England. ... The Bags were one of the first generation of punk rock bands to emerge out of Los Angeles. ... Frightwig was an all-women band similar in sound to the punk band Flipper. ... The Shop Assistants were a twee pop band from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 1983. ... Gordon in 2005 Kim Althea Gordon (born April 28, 1953, in Rochester, New York), is a musician, vocalist, and artist. ... Carolee Schneemann (b. ... Yayoi Kusama (草間弥生 ,born March 29, 1929) has been called Japans greatest living artist. ... Martha Rosler was born in Brooklyn, New York, where she now lives. ... Diamanda Galás, pictured in the early 2000s. ... Vaginal Davis is a punk rock drag queen and an avant-garde performance artist. ... I Shop, Therefore I Am Barbara Kruger (b. ... Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American socialist organizer, professor who was associated with the Black Panther Party (BPP) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). ... Kathy Acker (18 April 1947 in Manhattan—30 November 1997 in Tijuana, Mexico) was an experimental novelist, prose stylist, playwright, essayist, poète maudit and sex-positive feminist writer. ... 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Uses and meanings of the term 'Riot Grrrl' developed slowly over time, but its etymological origins can be traced to the actual Mount Pleasant race riots in spring 1991. Writing in Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital, Mark Andersen reports that early Bratmobile member Jen Smith (later of Rastro! and The Quails), reacted to the violence by prophetically writing in a letter to Allison Wolfe: "This summer's going to be a girl riot." Other reports say she wrote, "We need to start a girl riot." Soon afterwards, Wolfe and Molly Neuman collaborated with Kathleen Hanna and Tobi Vail to create a new zine and called it Riot Grrrl, combining the "riot" with an oft-used phrase that first appeared in Vail's fanzine Jigsaw: "angry grrls". In May 1991, rioting broke out in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The 1991 Washington, D.C. riot is sometimes referred to as the Mount Pleasant riot. ... Bratmobile was an American punk band. ... Allison Wolfe is a DC-based singer and performer. ... Molly Neuman is a musician from Olympia, Washington who has performed in such bands as the influential Bratmobile, The Frumpies, and the Peechees. ... Kathleen Hanna (b. ... Tobi Vail (born July 20, 1969) is a musician, influential DIY punk zinester, and feminist theorist from Olympia, Washington. ...

"Revolution Grrrl Style Now"

Although they're known for frequently denying exclusive credit for the movement, two bands in particular remain inextricably linked to its early formation.

Bikini Kill

Main article: Bikini Kill

Kathleen Hanna had been working as an exotic dancer to support herself, volunteering at a women's shelter, and studying photography at Evergreen State College in Olympia, where she'd opened her own small art gallery called Reko Muse, and would frequently have bands like The Go Team and Some Velvet Sidewalk play in between art exhibitions (partially just to keep the gallery running). While there, she started a band herself called Amy Carter with fellow gallery-founders Heidi Arbogast and Tammy Rae Carland to open at shows. After touring with some other projects like Viva Knievel, she hooked up with The Go Team drummer and zinester Tobi Vail, who'd been writing of her own experiences: Bikini Kill was a punk band of the Riot Grrrl movement formed in Olympia, Washington in October of 1990. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... A Womens Shelter is a place of temporary refuge and support for women escaping violent situations, such as Rape, and Domestic Violence. ... Photography [fәtɑgrәfi:],[foʊtɑgrәfi:] is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or electronic sensor. ... The Evergreen State College wordmark The Evergreen State College is an accredited public baccalaureate college, founded in 1967 in the state capital, Olympia, Washington. ... The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ... The Go Team was a 1980s band from Olympia, Washington consisting of Tobi Vail and Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening. ... Some Velvet Sidewalk was a popular experimental lo-fi rock band from Olympia, WA on the classic independent label K Records. ... Tammy Rae Carland is a zine editor, artist, filmmaker and owner of the independent lesbian music label Mr. ... Viva Knievel was a punk rock and riot grrrl band in Olympia, Washington in the early 1990s. ... For the comic book character, see Drummer (comics). ...

They started working together on another fanzine called Bikini Kill, which would eventually become a band after recruiting friends Kathi Wilcox and Billy "Boredom" Karren. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Kathi Wilcox (born November 19, 1969 in Vancouver, Washington) is an American musician residing in Washington, D.C. where she performs in the band The Casual Dots. ... Billy Karren is a musician most commonly known as the guitarist of the influential punk band Bikini Kill. ...

Bratmobile

Main article: Bratmobile

Allison Wolfe met Molly Neuman at the University of Oregon, and while Wolfe was turning Neuman onto bands like Beat Happening and The Melvins, Neuman was introducing Wolfe to sociology classes and Public Enemy. Bratmobile was an American punk band. ... The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. ... Beat Happening was a 1980s twee pop band, the most popular of International Pop Undergrounds roster of influential alternative rock stars. ... The Melvins are an American rock band/ metal band that usually perform as a trio. ... Sociology (from Latin: socius, companion; and the suffix -ology, the study of, from Greek λόγος, lógos, knowledge) is an academic and applied discipline that studies society and human social interaction. ... Public Enemy, also known as PE, is a hip hop group from Long Island, New York, known for their politically charged lyrics, criticism of the media, and active interest in the concerns of the African American community. ...

They began working on zines called Girl Germs, and later riot grrrl with Vail and Hanna. Girl Germs Issue 1 Girl Germs was a zine created by University of Oregon students Allison Wolfe and Molly Neuman, both members of the band Bratmobile. ...

Wolfe and Neuman started frequenting shows by bands like Fugazi and Nirvana, bragging every chance they got about their band Bratmobile (which at the time didn't really exist yet). In 1990 though, Calvin Johnson called them up and asked them to play a show on Valentine's Day with Some Velvet Sidewalk and Bikini Kill, which had just started. Terrified at first, insisting they weren't really a band and having only played a few garagey jam sessions at each others' houses, they finally accepted it as a dare and played the show at Olympia's North Shore Surf club. After eventually hooking up with guitarist Erin Smith in July '91, they finally started playing together as a trio just in time for the IPU convention one month later. Singer of a modern Hippie movement in Russia The hippie subculture was a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread around the world. ... Fugazi may refer to: an Italian slang term for something that is fake/not authentic. ... This article is about the American rock band. ... For other people of the same name, see Calvin Johnson. ... For other uses, see Valentines Day (disambiguation). ... A jam session is a musical act where musicians gather and play (or jam) without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements. ...

International Pop Underground Convention

From August 20-25, 1991, K Records held an indie music festival called the International Pop Underground (IPU) Convention. A promotional poster reads: is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and, at present, in the band Dub Narcotic Sound System. ...

As the corporate ogre expands its creeping influence on the minds of industrialized youth, the time has come for the International Rockers of the World to convene in celebration of our grand independence. Hangman hipsters, new modrockers, sidestreet walkers, scooter-mounted dream girls, punks, teds, the instigators of the Love Rock Explosion, the editors of every angry grrrl zine, the plotters of youth rebellion in every form, the midwestern librarians and Scottish ski instructors who live by night, all are setting aside August 20-25, 1991 as the time. A hipster is a person who is strongly associated with a subculture that considers itself hip. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up scooter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... // The Teddy boy youth culture first emerged in Britain (starting in London, and rapidly spreading across the country) during the early 1950s, and soon after became strongly associated with American rock and roll music of the period. ... The Librarian, a 1556 painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo A librarian is an information professional trained in library science and information science: the organization and management of information and service to people with information needs. ... A shaped, twin-tip alpine ski. ...

An all-female bill on the first night called "Love Rock Revolution Girl Style Now" signalled a major step in the movement, featuring artists like Bratmobile, Heavens to Betsy, Nikki McClure, Lois Maffeo, Jean Smith of Mecca Normal, 7 Year Bitch, and 2 side projects of Kathleen Hanna: the first was Suture with Sharon Cheslow of Chalk Circle (DC's first all-women punk band) and Dug E. Bird of Beefeater, the second was the Wondertwins with Tim Green of Nation of Ulysses. It was here that so many zinester people who'd only known each other from networking, mail, or talking on the phone, finally met and were brought together by an entire night of music dedicated to, for, and by women. Heavens to Betsy was an all girl punk rock band from Olympia, Washington. ... Lois Maffeo (professionally known as Lois) is an American musician and writer who lives in Olympia, Washington. ... Jean Smith is the lead singer of the Vancouver, Canada based band Mecca Normal, as well as a painter, novelist and filmmaker. ... Mecca Normal in 2006 Mecca Normal is an influential two-piece indie rock band from Vancouver, Canada. ... 7 Year Bitch was an all-female punk rock band formed in Seattle, Washington and active from 1990 to 1997. ... In popular music, a side-project is a project undertaken by one (or several) person already known for their involvement in another band. ... Sharon Cheslow is an American musician, composer and artist. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Beefeater were a D.C. punk band (Autumn 1984 - Autumn 1986) Formed by Tomas Squip, Fred Smith, Dug E. Bird, Bruce Taylor and Kenny Craun. ... Nation of Ulysses was a post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C.. The band formed in spring 1988, with four members and known as simply Ulysses, drawing inspiration from MC5s mix of revolutionary rhetoric and rock music. ... Zinester is underground culture lingo for someone who makes a zine. ...

The following days would also feature bands like Unwound, L7, The Fastbacks, The Spinanes, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Girl Trouble, The Pastels, Kicking Giant, Rose Melberg, Seaweed, Kreviss, I Scream Truck, Scrawl, Nation of Ulysses, The Melvins, Jad Fair, Thee Headcoats, and Steve Fisk. // Unwound was a U.S. post-hardcore/ noise rock band based in Tumwater/Olympia, Washington. ... L7 was an all-female grunge band that was active between 1985 and 2000. ... Clockwise from top left: Kurt Bloch, Lulu Gargiulo, band, Kim Warnick The Fastbacks were a pioneering Seattle band. ... The Spinanes were an indie band from Olympia, Portland and Chicago, in the 1990s. ... Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet was a Canadian instrumental rock band, formed in 1984. ... Girl Trouble are a long-running rock band from Washington, USA, formed in 1983, when three musicians from Tacoma, WA joined forces as well as one from Spokane, WA (Kendall). ... The Pastels are a group from Glasgow, Scotland, UK. They have been described as an almost pop group. ... Rose Melberg is a musician and songwriter from Sacramento, California who has sung and played guitar as a member of Tiger Trap, The Softies and Go Sailor as well as on her own material. ... The band Seaweed was a group active throughout the 1990s. ... Scrawl were a band from Columbus, Ohio. ... The Melvins are an American rock band/ metal band that usually perform as a trio. ... Jad Fair is a member of lo-fi alternative rock group Half Japanese. ... Thee Headcoats: Art or Arse? EP Thee Headcoats is a band comprised of Billy Childish (real name Steven Hamper), Bruce Brand, and Johnny Johnson. ... Steve Fisk is a Washington-based audio engineer, record producer and musician. ...

Influenced heavily by DIY culture, most bands' presentation subverted traditional or classically trained 'musicianship' in favor of raw, primitive, avant-lo-fi passion and fiercely deliberate amateurism: an idea growing rapidly in popularity, especially in the Olympia music scene, with bands like Beat Happening coining the slogans: "Learn how to NOT play your instrument" and "hey, you don't have to sound like the flavor of the month, all you have to do is sound like yourselves", arguing that traditional musical skill doesn't ultimately matter and should always be subservient to the passion, the fun and ideas in their music. This argument is similar to the ideological origins of punk rock itself, which started partially as an attempt to dissolve the growing division between audience and performer. These indie-punk bands (and riot grrrl bands in particular) were often ridiculed for "not being able to play their instruments", but fans are quick to counter that identical criticisms were often faced by the first-wave of punk rock bands in the 70s, and that this DIY garage amateurism "play just 'cause you wanna, no matter what" attitude was one of the most appealing and liberating aspects of both movements. Main articles: DIY ethic and Do it yourself DIY (or Do It Yourself) culture is a broad term used to refer to a wide range of grassroots political activism. ... // Etymology Avant-punk is a corruption of avant-garde, a term generally used in popular reference to mean in the forefront of innovation, though with more specific meanings in the arts. ... Lo-fi — from Low Fidelity — describes a sound recording which contains accidental artifacts, like distortion, or environmental noise, or a recording which has a limited frequency response. ... The city of Olympia, Washington (USA) has been a center of post-punk, anti-folk, and other youth-oriented musical genres since at least the late 1970s. ...

Quickly amassing a devoted cult audience, the riot grrrl bands worked to ensure their shows were safe spaces in which women could find solidarity and create their own subculture, thus setting the tone for much of the movement. Consciousness-raising activist-punk group meetings began taking place in international chapters, held in any available space from dorm rooms to community centres to studio apartments, soon becoming much bigger things like conventions and conferences, one of the first of which took place from July 31-August 2, 1992 in Washington, DC. This article does not discuss cultist groups, personality cults, or cult in its original sense of religious practice. See cult (disambiguation) for more meanings of the term cult. A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of pop culture. ... A typical American college dorm room A dormitory or dorm is a place to sleep. ... Community centres are public locations where members of a community may gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes. ... Studio apartments are small, single-level living quarters intended for use by an individual. ... Metro Toronto Convention Centre, late 2004. ... is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

Other bands and artists associated with the riot grrrl movement in one way or another include Mecca Normal, Slant 6, Sta-Prest, Sue P. Fox, Jenny Toomey, Autoclave, Raooul, Nomy Lamm, Excuse 17, Oiler, Canopy, Third Sex, Cheesecake, CWA (Cunts with Attitude), Tattle Tale, Growing Up Skipper, The Need, Team Dresch, Fifth Column, Bangs, Free Kitten, Emily's sassy lime, The PeeChees; in the UK, bands like Huggy Bear, Mambo Taxi, Skinned Teen, Pussycat Trash, The Phantom Pregnancies, Linus, Budget Girls, Sister George, Karen Ablaze, and Voodoo Queens; and in Asia, bands like Hang on the Box, Nonstop Body, Red Bacteria Vacuum, and Lolita No. 18. Mecca Normal in 2006 Mecca Normal is an influential two-piece indie rock band from Vancouver, Canada. ... Page on Chryslers Slant-6 Engine. ... Sta-Prest is a Queercore band from San Francisco that was active in the 1990s. ... Jenny Toomey (born Jennifer Gillen Toomey in 1968) is an American indie rock musician and arts activist from Washington, D.C. She was a member of the bands Geek, Tsunami, Liquorice, and Grenadine, among others, and has also recorded under her own name. ... Autoclave was a short-lived all-female indie rock band based in Washington, D.C.. Formed in the summer of 1990, the group consisted of Christina Billotte (vocals and electric bass guitar), Mary Timony (electric guitar and vocals), Nikki Chapman (electric guitar and vocals), and Melissa Berkoff (drum set). ... Nomy Lamm is an accordion-wielding singer/songwriter/activist, and a self-described “Fat-ass bad-ass jew dyke amputee. ... Excuse 17 is a punk rock queercore band from Olympia, Washington that performed and recorded in the mid 1990s. ... For alternate meanings see Edmonton Oilers and Houston Oilers An oiler is a ship, also called a tanker, that can carry a liquid cargo of petroleum, or a naval support vessel that carries fuel to naval ships at sea, and can transfer the fuel during underway operations. ... Tattle Tale is a group that existed between 1992 and 1995. ... The Need From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Need is also a 1992 novel by Andrew Neiderman. ... Team Dresch are a queercore band who performed and recorded in the 1990s and made a significant impression on that movement, as well as on the independent music scene. ... Fifth Column, from left to right: Caroline Azar, G.B. Jones, Beverly Breckenridge. ... Maggie Vail Bangs (often erroneously referred to as THE Bangs) was a punk rock band from Olympia, Washington, formed in 1997 by guitarist Sarah Utter after recruiting high school friend Jesse Fox on drums and Maggie Vail, who had to learn how to play bass guitar to be in the... Free Kitten was a 1990s collaboration between Sonic Youths Kim Gordon and Pussy Galores Julie Cafritz. ... Emilys Sassy Lime (the names a palindrome) was an all-Asian American teenage riot grrrl trio from SoCal, formed in 1994 by Wendy and Amy Yao, and Emily Ryan. ... . Huggy Bear was an English riot grrrl band, formed in 1991 in Brighton, England. ... Sister George, named after the 1960s movie The Killing of Sister George, were an influential and important band from London. ... The Voodoo Queens were a London-based girl group, who reached number one in the Indie Charts in 1993. ... Hang On The Box (known also as HOTB) is a rock band based in Beijing, China, who play Riot Grrl music. ... Lolita No. ...

However, it's also worth noting that there were quite a few girl-centric or all-women punk bands of this era like 7 Year Bitch, Red Aunts, Thee Headcoatees, or Spitboy, who were plenty independent and political themselves, but didn't necessarily self-identify with the 'riot grrrl' label, despite sharing similar DIY tactics and feminist ideologies. 7 Year Bitch was an all-female punk rock band formed in Seattle, Washington and active from 1990 to 1997. ... The Red Aunts were an all-female punk band from Los Angeles, California. ... Thee Headcoatees was an all-female vocal group which was associated with Billy Childish and the all-male group Thee Headcoats. ... Spitboy was a punk rock band from San Francisco that consisted of four women who founded the band in early 1990s. ...

Zines and self publishing

Riot Grrrl zine Girl Germs Issue 1

Even as the Seattle-area rock scene came to international mainstream media attention, riot grrrl remained a willfully underground phenomenon. Most musicians shunned the major record labels, devotedly working instead with indie labels such as Kill Rock Stars, K Records, Slampt, Piao! Records, Catcall, WIIIJA and Chainsaw Records. The movement also figured fairly prominently in cassette culture, with artists often starting their own DIY cassette labels by as basic and spartan a means as recording their music onto cheap off-the-shelf boom-boxes and passing the cassettes out to friends, seldom charging anything beyond the cost of the actual tapes themselves. Girl Germs Issue 1 File links The following pages link to this file: Riot grrrl ... Girl Germs Issue 1 File links The following pages link to this file: Riot grrrl ... Girl Germs Issue 1 Girl Germs was a zine created by University of Oregon students Allison Wolfe and Molly Neuman, both members of the band Bratmobile. ... The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. ... An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in Olympia, Washington, United States, though it will be moving some of its operations to New York City and Portland, Oregon in 2007. ... K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and, at present, in the band Dub Narcotic Sound System. ... Slampt was a punk record label set up in Newcastle, UK in 1992. ... Wiiija is a British independent record label, formed in 1988 by staff at the Rough Trade Shop in Notting Hill, London. ... Chainsaw Records is an independent record label run by Donna Dresch, devoted to Queercore bands and operating out of Portland, Oregon. ... Cassette culture was in part an offshoot of the mail art movement of the 1970s and 1980s. ... DIY cassette labels were fiercely independent recorded music labels that chiefly released music on cassettes as a cheap and easy way to distribute their product. ... A boombox or boom box is a portable stereo system capable of playing radio stations or recorded music at relatively high volume. ...

Riot grrrl's momentum was also hugely supported by an explosion of creativity in defiantly homemade cut-and-paste, xeroxed, collagey zines that covered a variety of feminist topics, frequently attempting to draw out the political implications of intensely personal experiences with sexism, mental illness, body image and eating disorders, sexual abuse, racism, rape, discrimination, stalking, domestic violence, incest, homosexuality, and sometimes vegetarianism. These zines were archived by zinewiki.com, and Riot Grrrl Press, started in Washington DC in 1992 by Erika Reinstein & May Summer. Others can be found anthologized in A Girl's Guide to Taking over the World: Writings from the Girl Zine Revolution, for which actress/singer/musician/writer/performance artist Ann Magnuson of Bongwater fame wrote as a foreword: Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) (name pronounced ) is a global document management company, which manufactures and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies. ... For other uses, see Collage (disambiguation). ... A zine—an abbreviation of the word fanzine, and originating from the word magazine[1][2]—is most commonly a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images. ... This box:      The sign of the headquarters of the National Association Opposed To Woman Suffrage Sexism is commonly considered to be discrimination and/or hatred against people based on their sex rather than their individual merits, but can also refer to any and all systemic differentiations based on the sex... A mental illness or mental disorder refers to one of many mental health conditions characterized by distress, impaired cognitive functioning, atypical behavior, emotional dysregulation, and/or maladaptive behavior. ... Body image is a persons perception of his or her physical appearance. ... “Bad Touch” redirects here. ... This box:      Racism has many definitions, the most common and widely accepted is that members of one race are intrinsically superior or inferior to members of other races. ... This box:      Most broadly, discrimination is the discernment of qualities and rejection of subjects with undesirable qualities. ... Stalking (from Middle English stalk: from Old English bestealcian; akin to Old English stelan to steal) is a legal term for repeated harassment or other forms of invasion of a persons privacy in a manner that causes fear to its target. ... “Domestic disturbance” redirects here. ... Incest is sexual activity between two persons related by close kinship. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... This article refers to human nutrition and diet, for plant based diets in the animal kingdom see herbivore A variety of vegetarian food ingredients Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes all animal flesh, including poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, and slaughter by-products. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Performance art is art where the actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time, constitute the work. ... Ann Magnuson (January 4, 1956) is an American actress, performance artist, and nightclub performer who first gained prominence in the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan. ... Bongwater was an oftentimes trippy college rock band formed by Ann Magnuson and Mark Kramer (boss of the Shimmy Disc record label) in 1985 and dissolved in 1992. ...

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Many of the women involved with queercore were also interested in riot grrrl, and zines such as Chainsaw by Donna Dresch, Sister Nobody, Jane Gets A Divorce and I (heart) Amy Carter by Tammy Rae Carland embody both movements. Queercore is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid 1980s as an offshoot of punk. ... For other uses, see Chainsaw (disambiguation). ... Dresch (far right) with the Screaming Trees. ... Tammy Rae Carland is a zine editor, artist, filmmaker and owner of the independent lesbian music label Mr. ...

There were also national conventions like in Washington D.C. or the Pussystock festival in New York City, as well as various subsequent indie-documentaries like Don't Need You: the Herstory of Riot Grrrl. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Herstory is a term which originated as a neologism. ...

Concerts and conflict

Although many riot grrrl bands included boys as members, like Billy Karren of Bikini Kill or Jon Slade and Chris Rowley of Huggy Bear, the bands weren't always so enthusiastically received at shows by male audience members. Bands like Bikini Kill would often actively invite members of the audience to talk about their personal experiences with sensitive issues like sexual abuse, pass out lyric sheets to everyone in the audience girl and boy, and almost always demand that the mosh boys move to the back or side to allow space in front for the girls in the audience, a controversial decision which sometimes led to booing (and sometimes violence) and once caused Melody Maker to accuse them and riot grrrl in general of being "anti-men", a common criticism. Billy Karren is a musician most commonly known as the guitarist of the influential punk band Bikini Kill. ... Bikini Kill was a punk band of the Riot Grrrl movement formed in Olympia, Washington in October of 1990. ... . Huggy Bear was an English riot grrrl band, formed in 1991 in Brighton, England. ... Booing is the act of showing displeasure for someone or something, generally an entertainer, by loudly yelling Boo (and holding the oo sound) or making other noises of disparagement, such as animal noises. ... For other uses, see Violence (disambiguation). ... Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was (until its closure) the worlds oldest weekly music newspaper. ...

However Punk Planet editor Daniel Sinker wrote in We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet is a 16,000 print run punk fanzine, based in Chicago, USA, that focuses most of its energy on looking at punk as a sub-culture rather than as simply some music that teenagers listen to. ...

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Bands would often reappropriate ordinarily derogatory phrases like 'cunt', 'bitch', 'dyke' and 'slut' (the very same words often received from male audience members), writing them proudly on their skin with lipstick or fat markers, thus nullifying their attempted offensive power and making them ultimately harmless and funny. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with reclaiming. ... Look up slut in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Lipstick is a cosmetic product containing pigments, oils, waxes, and emollients that applies color and texture to the lips. ... A marker pen, or marker, is a term used to refer to various kinds of pen which have their own ink-source and usually a tip made of some porous material. ...

Kathleen Hanna would later write:

Molly Neuman once summarized: "We're not anti-boy, we're pro-girl."^[4]

Indeed, members of riot grrrl culture, fans or members of bands, include males too. Calvin Johnson and Slim Moon have been instrumental in publishing a great many of the bands on the labels they founded, K Records and Kill Rock Stars respectively. Alec Empire of Atari Teenage Riot said, "I was totally into the riot grrrl music, I see it as a very important form of expression. I learned a lot from that, way more maybe than from 'male' punk rock."^[4] Dave Grohl and Kurt Cobain dated Kathleen Hanna and Tobi Vail (also respectively), and often played with Bikini Kill even after splitting with them; Kurt was a big fan of The Slits and even convinced The Raincoats to reform. He once said, "The future of rock belongs to women."^[5] For other people of the same name, see Calvin Johnson. ... Slim Moon, founder of Kill Rock Stars Slim Moon (b. ... K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and, at present, in the band Dub Narcotic Sound System. ... Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in Olympia, Washington, United States, though it will be moving some of its operations to New York City and Portland, Oregon in 2007. ... Alec Empire (born May 2, 1972) is a German musician. ... Atari Teenage Riot (abbreviated ATR) was a German Digital hardcore group formed in Berlin in 1992. ... David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio) is an American rock musician and songwriter. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967, Aberdeen, – c. ... The Slits are an all female punk rock band. ... The Raincoats were formed in 1977 by Ana da Silva (vocals, guitar) and Gina Birch (vocals, bass) while they were students at Hornsey College of Art, London, England. ...

Media misconceptions

As media attention increasingly focused on alternative rock in the early nineties, the term 'Riot Grrrl' was often applied to less political (and less independent) female alternative music acts such as Hole, Veruca Salt, The Breeders, PJ Harvey, and even No Doubt. To their chagrin, riot grrrls found themselves in the media spotlight during 1992, accused of dragging feminism into the mosh pit in magazines from Seventeen to Newsweek. This increased press coverage led to conflict within the riot grrrl community as many felt that the culture was being misappropriated by the media against the movement's will and its radical message marginalized, as well as adversely affecting their private lives, with the media often deliberately lying and relying largely on erroneous speculation and conjecture about personal information and motivations.^[6][7] Fallout from the media coverage led to resignations of people like Jessica Hopper, who was at the center of the Newsweek article. Kathleen Hanna called that year for "a press block". In an essay from January 1994, included in the CD version of Bikini Kill's first two records, Tobi Vail responded to media simplifications and mis-characterization of Riot Grrrl: This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Veruca Salt is an alternative rock group of the 1990s and 2000s. ... The Breeders are an American rock band, formed in 1977 as a folk rock duo featuring twin sisters Kim and Kelley Deal of Dayton, Ohio which played country covers at truck stops and bars and dissipated in the early 80s, only to be revived as a side project in... Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician and songwriter. ... For other uses, see No Doubt (disambiguation). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section should be merged with mosh. ... Seventeen is an American magazine for teenage girls. ... The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ...

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Legacy

By the mid-nineties, riot grrrl had severely splintered. Many within the movement felt that the mainstream media had completely misrepresented their message, and that the politically radical aspects of riot grrrl had been subverted by the likes of the Spice Girls and their "girl power" message, or co-opted by ostensibly women-centered bands and festivals (though sometimes with only one female performer per band) like Lilith Fair. The Spice Girls are an English all-female pop group, formed in London in 1994. ... A 2002 anime DVD The phrase Girl Power, as a term of empowerment, expressed a cultural phenomenon of the mid-late 1990s to the early 2000s and is also linked to third-wave feminism. ... Lilith Fair was a concert tour and traveling music festival, founded by musician Sarah McLachlan, that featured female musicians; it ran from 1997 to 1999. ...

However, the influence of riot grrrl can still be felt in many aspects of indie and punk rock culture. Kaia Wilson of Team Dresch and multimedia artist Tammy Rae Carland went on to form the now-defunct Mr. Lady Records which released albums by The Butchies, The Need, Kiki and Herb, and Tracy + the Plastics. Kaia Wilson is a Portland, Oregon singer and guitarist. ... Team Dresch are a queercore band who performed and recorded in the 1990s and made a significant impression on that movement, as well as on the independent music scene. ... Multimedia Artists These are artists using a range of media to communicate their art, such as installations, rooms, sound and visual effects. ... Tammy Rae Carland is a zine editor, artist, filmmaker and owner of the independent lesbian music label Mr. ... Mr. ... The Butchies are a ground-breaking Lesbian-Feminist band from Durham, North Carolina. ... The Need From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Need is also a 1992 novel by Andrew Neiderman. ... Kiki and Herb (Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman) are an American drag cabaret duo. ... Tracy + the Plastics Tracy + the Plastics is the name of the electro-pop solo project of Wynne Greenwood, a lesbian feminist video artist based in Olympia, Washington. ...

Many of the women involved in riot grrrl are still active in creating politically charged music. Kathleen Hanna went on to found the electro-feminist punky 'protest pop' group Le Tigre, Kathi Wilcox joined the Casual Dots with Christina Billotte of Slant 6, and Tobi Vail formed Spider and the Webs. Corin Tucker of Heavens to Betsy and Carrie Brownstein of Excuse 17 co-founded Sleater-Kinney at the tail end of the movement, and Bratmobile reunited in 2000 to release two albums, before Allison Wolfe began singing with a new all-women band, Partyline. Molly Nueman now runs her own indie label called Simple Social Graces Discos, as well as co-owning Lookout! Records and managing The Donnas, Ted Leo, Some Girls, and The Locust. Demonstrators march in the street while protesting the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on April 16, 2005. ... For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... Le Tigre (album) Le Tigre (shirt) Le Tigre is a feminist electro post-punk band formed in 1998 by Kathleen Hanna. ... Christina Billotte is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. ... Page on Chryslers Slant-6 Engine. ... Corin Tucker (born November 9, 1972) is a singer and guitarist, best known for her work with rock band Sleater-Kinney. ... Carrie Brownstein (born September 27, 1974), is an American musician and actress. ... Partyline is a Washington, DC-based spunk rock band consisting of singer/songwriter Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile, Cold Cold Hearts, Dig Yr. ... Lookout! Records is an independent record label based in Berkeley, California. ... This article is about the band. ... Theodore Francis Ted Leo (born September 11, 1970, in South Bend, Indiana) is an American punk rock singer, songwriter and guitarist. ... Some Girls (formed in 2001) is an American indie rock trio composed of Juliana Hatfield (guitar and vocals), Heidi Gluck (electric bass guitar, keyboard, harmonica, lap steel guitar, and vocals) and Freda Love (drums and vocals). ... The Locust is a noise rock group from San Diego, California, United States. ...

In addition, girl-positive independent music festivals such as Ladyfest continue to thrive, and many DIY elements promoted by the early riot grrrl tradition endure in other contemporary independent female bands, whether or not they personally self-identify with the movement, including The Gossip, Erase Errata, Scarling., Swan Island, Mika Miko, The Peppermints, Comet Gain, The Husbands, Lung Leg, Panty Raid, the tigers, Gravy Train!!!!, The Riff Randells, LOOK LOOK (dancing boys), Manic Cough, titti!, Comanechi, Winelord, le paper dolls!, FINALLY PUNK, BEESSIES FOREVER, care bears on fire, Tricrotic, Tu Seras TerriblemenT Gentille, Tamar-Kali, The Deptford Beach Babes, Misty Martinez, The A-Lines, Las Pulpas, New Bloods, The Magik Markers, Les Georges Leningrad, MODERN REVERIES, Shoplifting, Caroliner Rainbow, The Shondes and Peaches. Ladyfest is a community based, not-for-profit global music and arts festival for female artists which features bands, musical groups, performance artists, authors, spoken word and visual artists, workshops, and is organized by volunteers. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Beth Ditto. ... Erase Errata is a band from San Francisco, California. ... Scarling. ... Swan Island is a five-piece rock band from Portland, OR. Their music is influenced by classic rock, new wave, prog rock, and metal, as well as Queercore bands from the Pacific Northwest. ... Mika Miko is an underground youth punk/noise band formed in 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA. In 2004 they gained local popularity for their frenetic live performances which emulate being at a party and often take place at parties. ... Comet Gain are a British indie rock band, with heavy influences from Dexys Midnight Runners and northern soul. ... Lung Leg lurking in the mirror in her 2005 self-portrait entitled Lurking in the Mirror. ... Gravy Train!!!! (the spelling of which includes the four exclamation points) is an electropop group from Oakland, California. ... Misty Martinez may not be the only sex-noise provocateur, but shes certainly one of the most famous. ... The Magik Markers are a three piece noise rock band from Hartford, Connecticut who combine No Wave-sounds with distorted guitar noise. ... Les Georges Leningrad are a Montreal, Canada based petrochemical rock band, which originally had four members (two couples) until the departure of bassist Toundra LaLouve; and so with the release of their sophomore album, has three, being Poney P (vocals), Mingo (keyboards and guitar) and Bobo Boutin (drums). ... Olympia, Washingtons Shoplifting is composed of members Hannah Blilie (drummer), Chris Pugmire (vocalist and guitarist), Devin Welch (guitarist), and Melissa Lock (bassist). ... Caroliner (formed in 1982, in San Francisco) is an Industrial Bluegrass/Experimental/Noise conceptual art Costume Rock band, dedicated to creating a fever dream of American psychedelia - utilizing bluegrass music instruments, weird effects, other-worldly pageantry, and day-glo character outfits similar to those of the Residents or Disneyland. ... Merrill Beth Nisker (b. ...

The legacy of riot grrrl is clearly visible in numerous girls and women worldwide who cite the movement as an interest or an influence on their lives and/or their work. Some just listen to riot grrrl bands while others form or join bands themselves, slowly paving the way for fulfillment of one of the goals of original riot grrrl - increasing the number and significance of women in alternative music and music in general. Some of them are self-proclaimed riot grrrls while others consider themselves simply admirers or fans. There are many fansites and message boards for riot grrrl on the Internet. A fansite or fan site is a website created and maintained by the fans or devotees of a particular cultural phenomenon. ... An Internet forum, also known as a message board or discussion board, is a web application that provides for online discussions, and is the modern descendant of the bulletin board systems and existing Usenet news systems that were widespread in the 1980s and 1990s. ...

In the foreword to Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now! Beth Ditto writes of riot grrrl, Beth Ditto (born 1981) is the vocalist of American band Gossip. ...

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Writing about riot grrrl's personal influence on her and her music, she muses on the meaning of the movement for her generation,

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Relation to feminism

Riot grrrl culture is often associated with third wave feminism, which also grew rapidly during the same early nineties timeframe. It is often viewed as a third wave feminism cultural movement, and sometimes seen as its starting point. However, riot grrrl's emphasis on universal female identity and separatism often seems more closely allied with second wave feminism.^{[citation needed]} On the other hand, third wave feminism attempted to foster an acceptance of the diversity of feminist expression.^{[citation needed]} Riot grrrl arose after the queercore movement, although the distinction between the two movements is at times blurred, given bands such as Team Dresch and Fifth Column who embraced both genres. Riot grrrl lyrics often address issues such as rape, domestic abuse, sexuality and female empowerment. Third-wave feminism is a feminist movement that arguably began in the early 1990s. ... Third-wave feminism is a feminist movement that arguably began in the early 1990s. ... Queercore is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid 1980s as an offshoot of punk. ... Team Dresch are a queercore band who performed and recorded in the 1990s and made a significant impression on that movement, as well as on the independent music scene. ... A fifth column is a group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group to which it is expected to be loyal, such as a nation. ... Abuse is a general term for the misuse of a person or thing, causing harm to the person or thing, to the abuser, or to someone else. ... This article is about human sexual perceptions. ... Look up Empowerment in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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Riot Grrrl in popular culture

In film

• The producers of the film Itty Bitty Titty Committee have mentioned that the film was "very much inspired by the riot grrrl music of the early 90s, and we wanted to do a film that was in the spirit of that type of music".^[11]
• In the film 10 Things I Hate About You, Kat Stratford (Julia Stiles' character) listens to Grrrl music as a hobby, and a lifestyle.
• Times Square
• All Over Me
• Red Doors (2006) included a shot of the words "riot grrrl" on character Katie Wong's locker
• Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains

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In fiction

• Tales of a Punk Rock Nothing - a semi-fictional depiction of the guerrilla activist riot grrrl/anarcho-punk scene of 90s DC, told in an epistolary collage of documents: journals, letters, zines - written by all the different characters, mostly comprised of "militant vegetarians, manifesto-writing shoplifters, and strippers who write feminist theory". 'Positive Change House', the name of their political squatter headquarters is even a play on the Positive Force house, out of which the real riot grrrl bands often operated
• Tank Girl
• Grrrl
• Sarah Dyer's Action Girl Comics
• Douglas Coupland's Microserfs uses the pastiche term "riot nrrrd" in one scene.

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In television

• An episode of Roseanne in which Jackie and Roseanne pick up a hitchhiker punk (played by Jenna Elfman), who starts talking about riot grrrl and plays Bikini Kill's single "New Radio".

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See also

• List of all-women bands
• Girl Power
• anarcha-feminism
• Queercore
• Punk ideology
• Indie rock
• Indie pop
• anarcho-punk
• Rock Against Sexism
• Afro-punk
• zinewiki.com
• Guerrilla Girls

This is a list of all-women bands of any musical genre. ... A 2002 anime DVD The phrase Girl Power, as a term of empowerment, expressed a cultural phenomenon of the mid-late 1990s to the early 2000s and is also linked to third-wave feminism. ... Anarcha-feminism combines anarchism with feminism. ... Queercore is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid 1980s as an offshoot of punk. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... The anarchy symbol commonly used by anarcho-punks Anarcho-punk (sometimes known as peace-punk) is a subgenre of the punk rock movement consisting of groups and bands promoting specifically anarchist ideas. ... Rock Against Sexism was a series of gigs which intended to challege sexism in pop culture, as well as in wider society. ... Afro-punk (sometimes spelled Afropunk or AfroPunk) is a term referring to African American and black people experiences of punk culture. ... The Guerrilla Girls is a group of feminist artists. ...

References

Maria Raha (born 1973) is an American author and rock journalist from Long Island, New York, specializing in the American rock underground. ...

External links

• Riot Grrrl UK site
• Andy from Linus's 1993 diary—a glimpse into the UK riot grrrl scene at that time
• Cranked Up Really High. Chapter IX: Suck My Left One, by Stewart Home
• Riot Grrrl Online
• The NEW Riot Grrrl Online Forum
• Riot Grrrl Retrospective at the Experience Music Project
• Grrrlvox E-Zine
• grrrl zine archive
• Queer Control Records