Girls to the front
by Sara Marcus · first published 2010
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A history of Riot Grrrl, a radical feminist movement that was started in the 1990s by young women who were fed up with sexism and harrassment and decided to make some noise.
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" Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution Paperback about riot grrl and people making feminist zines and starting punk bands," Kathleen Hanna had a big hand in this movement [0] and if you want to…
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