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Originally Posted by Engine
As for Riot Grrl - I dunno. The girls I knew at the time didn't need that kind of thing to feel 'empowered' but I bet a lot of girls all over the place had never even thought about standing up against viral small-town-style sexism until they heard Bikini Kill et al
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Somehow...probably due to focusing on college studies...I managed to miss the whole Riot Grrrl feminist punk movement in the 1990s. I didn't even know it existed until...today!
Paloma said she felt Riot Grrrl was a ****ty movement, and you, Engine, think it was probably helpful to women. I'm curious about what led you both to have such a difference of opinion.
Paloma, what about the Riot Grrrl movement did you think was ****ty? I actually don't know anything about it other than the opinions you and Engine gave and what I've read on Wikipedia. I think it is interesting that "Riot grrrls took a growling double or triple r, placing it in the word girl, as a way to take back the derogatory use of the term."
I like when music connects with social movements and history rather than just being pure entertainment, so now I'm more curious about all the bands that considered themselves part of the Riot Grrrl movement.