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

“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 & stick it to The Man.” — Vanity Fair“Feminism seems to change every five years. It’s hard to grasp the movement. . . . Girls to the Front is not just a keeper of the flame but brings you to yr own fire.” — Kim Gordon“Stirring. . . . Eloquent. . . . Like Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain did in Please Kill Me. . . Sara Marcus’s Girls to the Front tells the story of riot grrrl, one person at a time.” — Bitch Magazine“Ambitious & convincing. . . . Girls to the Front makes narrative sense out of events that had so far been recorded only in mythic, unverified, & fragmentary form.” — Johanna Fateman, BookforumGirls to the Front is the epic, definitive history of Riot Grrrl—the radical feminist uprising that exploded into the public eye in the 1990s, altering America’s gender landscape forever. Author Sara Marcus, a music & politics writer, interweaves research, interviews, & 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, & Kathleen Hanna’s Le Tigre—and their effect on today’s culture.A dynamic chronicle not just a movement but an era, this is the story of a group of pissed—off girls with no patience for sexism & no intention of keeping quiet.°°° Sara Marcus is a writer & musician living in Brooklyn, New York. Her prose & poetry have appeared in publications including Time Out New York, The Advocate, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Slate.com, Pos, & Heeb magazine, where she was the politics editor for five years. Marcus received an MFA from Columbia University. "For a Second Wave feminist like myself, Girls to the Front evokes wonderfully the way the generation after mine soaked up the promise and the punishment of feminist consciousness ... A richly moving story."--Village Voice writer Vivian GornickGirls 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 “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. 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. 1989-1992. Double Dare Ya : The Birth Of Bikini Kill ; Come Out And Play With Me : Bratmobile Begins ; Revolution Summer Girl Style Now ; When She Talks, I Hear The Revolution ; Girl Gangs Must Rule -- 1992-1993. Conventions ; The Media Is The Barrage ; The Press Needs A Mouth For The Movement ; What Is A Riot Grrrl, Anyway? ; Every Girl Is A Riot Grrrl ; This Is Happening Without Your Permission -- 1993-1994. The Soul Of Every Girl ; A Cruel Revolution. Sara Marcus. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "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."-- Résumé de l'éditeur Girls to the Front is the epic, definitive history of Riot Grrrl, the radical feminist uprising that exploded into the public eye in the 1990s and included incendiary punk bands Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Heavens to Betsy, and Huggy Bear. A dynamic chronicle not just a movement but an era, this is the story of a group of pissed-off girls with no patience for sexism and no intention of keeping quiet.