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Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution

by Sara Marcus

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A history of Riot Grrrl’s feminist punk uprising

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A history of Riot Grrrl’s feminist punk uprising

Sara Marcus traces the Riot Grrrl movement as it emerged into public view during the 1990s, placing feminist politics, punk music, and cultural change in conversation. Drawing on research, interviews, and her own memories as a participant, she chronicles bands including Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, and Heavens to Betsy, alongside later acts such as Sleater-Kinney, Partyline, and Le Tigre. The book connects the movement’s musical activity to its challenge to prevailing ideas about gender and to its continuing cultural presence, offering both a scene history and an account of activism expressed through punk.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in feminist music history and 1990s counterculture
  • Fans of punk and Riot Grrrl-associated bands
  • Readers seeking music writing that links scenes with political and cultural movements

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Riot Grrrlfeminismpunk musicgender politics1990s counterculture

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Book overview

"Not only a historical rockument of the revolutionary 90s counterculture Riot Grrrl movement. . . but also a rousing inspiration for a new generation of empowered rebel girls to strap on guitars and stick it to The Man." -- Vanity Fair

Girls to the Front is the epic, definitive history of the Riot Grrrl movement--the radical feminist punk uprising that exploded into the public eye in the 1990s, altering America's gender landscape forever. Author Sara Marcus, a music and politics writer for Time Out New York, Slate.com, Pos, and Heeb magazine, interweaves research, interviews, and her own memories as a Riot Grrrl front-liner. Her passionate, sophisticated narrative brilliantly conveys the story of punk bands like Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Heavens to Betsy--as well as successors like Sleater-Kinney, Partyline, and Kathleen Hanna's Le Tigre--and their effect on today's culture.

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