Grrrl power

The Riot Grrrl scene brought feminism to alternative rock in the 90s. Fifteen years on, the aftershocks are still making waves, says Laura Barton'From hundreds of once pink, frilly bedrooms comes the young feminist revolution," began a USA Today article of 1992, one of many that year trying to describe the Riot Grrrl movement taking root in America. This particular article added a word of caution: "And it's not pretty."By conventional standards, Riot Grrrl, the underground feminist punk movement...

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