February 2011
36 posts
“We need each other. Discouraging words, belittling other girls in front of boys,...”
– Kathleen Hanna (via thatswhatshesaidquotes)
January 2011
56 posts
Courtney love is not a Riot Grrrl
sugarcreamcandy:
Below is a passage from the book “Girls to the front: the true story of the riot grrrl” which is written first hand from girls who were there. I like Hole as much as the next girl but I hate it when I find Riot grrl communities or online blogs or websites and all it is is talk about hole, and courtney love. SHE WAS OUTSPOKEN ABOUT NOT LIKING RIOT GRRRL. She never cared about...
Fuck yeah, feminists!: Street Harassment: The... →
bibliofeminista:
According to several studies cited by Holly Kearl, author of the new book Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women, between 80 and 99 percent of women have been the targets of aggressive, unwanted attention from male strangers. When she…
“You learn that the only way to get rock-star power as a girl is to be a groupie...”
– Kathleen Hanna, Ms. Magazine, 2000 (via asuddendeath)
Anonymous asked: What kind of girl would you consider a riot grrrl?
Because I don't look like one but I think like one, I guess.
Because I don't look like one but I think like one, I guess.
Okay, so, I have sort of an idea.
minunthreatxvx:
It probably won’t be a hit or anything and I probably won’t get that much feed back, but I’ve been brain storming a zine and this specific idea keeps coming up. It’s most likely been done before, who knows. Anyway, I was thinking of gathering a whole bunch of riot grrrls on tumblr and getting them to write about what got them into riot grrrl/what they love most about it etc, etc....
SEND US YOUR RIOT GRRRL PICTURES!
just click submit!
Go tell your fucking friends
mybodythehandgrenade:
What I thought and how I felt. How punk fucking rock my pussy smells. Now did you tell them? I don’t care. I don’t care. I don’t care. I don’t care.
Streampad has been added!
So if you wanna listen to the music we post as a playlist, just go to our page and click play!
xxEm
mirrorgold:
The House GOP’s Plan to Redefine Rape
Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican majority as it now moves to change abortion law.
For years, federal laws restricting the use of government funds to pay for abortions have included exemptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. (Another exemption covers pregnancies that could...
lets-call-it-love asked: Why is this page so awesome?
fuckyeahsleater-kinney:
Sleater-Kinney - “All...
Anonymous asked: you should get one of those streampad things!
elliegreenwichcandance:
Bikini Kill - False...
Kathleen Hanna Documentary in the Works
tornadostruck:
twentyfourbit:
Iconic punk/riot grrrl singer Kathleen Hanna is set to finally get her due with a new documentary in the works, currently dubbed The Kathleen Hanna Project a.k.a Who Told You Christmas Wasn’t Cool?. Prefix reports, however, that while director Sini Anderson hopes to finish the film in time for next fall’s festival circuit, more money needs to be raised in order to...
“Riot grrrl made it, and still makes it, possible for me to get up in the morning...”
– Beth Ditto, from the foreword of “Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now!” (via wewantrevolutiongirlstylenow)
wildforkicks:
Bikini Kill -This Is Not A Test
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“We need each other. Discouraging words, belittling other girls in front of boys,...”
– Kathleen Hanna
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“You learn that the only way to get rock-star power as a girl is to be a groupie...”
– Kathleen Hanna, Ms. Magazine, 2000 (via asuddendeath)
“What (some) bands do is go, ‘It’s not important that I’m a...”
– Kathleen Hanna
“That’s what we mean by girl culture. There’s a whole girl culture that exists...”
– Tobi Vail
“I believe in the radical possibilities of pleasure, babe.”
– I LIKE FUCKING - BIKINI KILL
http://www.grrrlzines.net/ →
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