grrrl

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Riot GrrrlWikipedia Riot grrrl was an underground feminist punk movement that started in the early 1990s, and it is often associated with third-wave feminism (it is sometimes seen as its starting point).

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  • The other eight stories in the book are all excellent as well, full of punky "grrrl" protagonists and the varying degrees of whimsy and pain with which they try to make sense out of life, but be forewarned that their stories are strictly mainstream. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 01 - July 1997
  • I've seen pictures of her in a short leather skirt as newly elected governor, and honestly, I think it's a charming statement of grrrl power. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • Either the super loud and gnarly grrrl rock, or the softer, cutesy side of pop rock. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • Jehangir is his muse and circling around the heart of the Muslim punk house are Rabeya, the riot grrrl "baggy ninja with various band patches on her flowing burqa," Muzammil, the liwatacore (gay Muslim punk), Umar, homophobic, sexist, and fundamentalist, Lynn, the blonde dreadlocked vegan apostate in tank tops, Fasiq Abasa, a skater, crust gutter punk Amazing Ayuub, and Rude Dawud. —  Bookslut
  • Reading Latoya's question made something click for me - I think along with Le Tigre, L7 and Sleater Kinney it's a kinda of early 90's riot grrrl thing that I don't get - because either / both —  feminist blogs
 

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