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shirgirp's review against another edition
4.0
Made me wanna hug and shred. The ending made me tear up a little. Revolution through friends, what more could we want?
citylifejc's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting history - music is only really at the center for the first half. Once the movement takes off it def serves as an inspiration to many women and creates a lot of community and “scenes” but it lacks a center and ends up falling victim to what seems to always plague the left - infighting and purity policing / gatekeeping. It unfortunately didn’t last very long but what inspirational moment or scene does?
kaychacho's review against another edition
5.0
WOW. What a fun, quick read. Never have I found any account of the riot grrrl movement that delved so deeply into the individual young women's lives, and how each of them contributed to the history of it all. Marcus is a great writer on the subject of music, and she seems to really get what these grrrls were feeling.
Every chapter just made me want to run outside & start a band, a zine, or a mini-revolution on my lunch break. Such an energetic subject that the reader can't help but want to jump into a moshpit.
Every chapter just made me want to run outside & start a band, a zine, or a mini-revolution on my lunch break. Such an energetic subject that the reader can't help but want to jump into a moshpit.
thinkbot's review against another edition
I've seen "riot grrrl" thrown around a lot in feminist online spaces, but usually stripped of context beyond an alternative fashion statement. I was only dimly aware of what that really meant, and I assumed that it wasn't for me because I didn't "look like one." It was nice to read a perspective that both acknowledged the flaws of the movement while still providing the context for the passion that drove so many young women to become one, and how these women had to fight the dilution of their message from the very beginning. While it's no surprise that mainstream media has flattened the message of the movement into music and fashion, I think the reemergence of zines shows that their contribution lives on beyond music.
eherndon's review against another edition
4.0
I found this a fascinating chronicle of two things I love, feminism and punk rock. This book chronicles the ups and downs Riot Grrrl, a grassroots feminist movement closely tied together with punk rock. While the movement eventually died for a variety of reasons, it's initial premise, women carving out a space for themselves in a world that often rejects them, still rings true.
moonknitter's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
I had this checked out at my library for a little while. I was intimidated by it being nonfiction I thought it would be hard to read but as soon as I started I realized that was not the case. The narrative form with the quotes and everything mixed in made it very easy to read. I felt very inspired learning more in depth about the history of riot grrl.
However, reading this at this stage in history was definitely a little weird since it was published in 2010 and so much worse stuff has happened since then like roe v wade being over turned. Also the last chapter or 2 really focused on the downfall and infighting which wasn’t as uplifting when I’m already reading it in a period of feeling really shitty about the state of revolution in our country. I definitely am grateful for those chapters though because it was helpful to see the ways Revolution burn out also correlate to the anger and angst of being a young adult. I just don’t know how to continue to interact with Revolution in a concrete way as I get older/at this time in history and this book wasn’t really meant to provide that anyways.
The other thing that was difficult was just remembering all these peoples names. I wish there was more of an index with a short bio on each person (although I definitely liked in the end knowing what each of these people are doing now).
Overall it was really great I’m glad I read it and I’m happy it was written!!!
However, reading this at this stage in history was definitely a little weird since it was published in 2010 and so much worse stuff has happened since then like roe v wade being over turned. Also the last chapter or 2 really focused on the downfall and infighting which wasn’t as uplifting when I’m already reading it in a period of feeling really shitty about the state of revolution in our country. I definitely am grateful for those chapters though because it was helpful to see the ways Revolution burn out also correlate to the anger and angst of being a young adult. I just don’t know how to continue to interact with Revolution in a concrete way as I get older/at this time in history and this book wasn’t really meant to provide that anyways.
The other thing that was difficult was just remembering all these peoples names. I wish there was more of an index with a short bio on each person (although I definitely liked in the end knowing what each of these people are doing now).
Overall it was really great I’m glad I read it and I’m happy it was written!!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment