i look at the riot grrrl tag for inspiration and activism and stuff
not fashion tips
sorry (i’m not sorry) to be that person
For whatever reason, most adults find it tremendously difficult to take teenage girls’ lives seriously. Even when girls’ lives and bodies constitute a major political battleground. Even when girls are speaking the truth to power in clarion, prophetic voices. Even when girls are right.
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| — | Sara Marcus, “Girls to the Front: the True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution” |
Recognize that you are not the center of the universe. Figure out how the idea of winning and losing fits into your relationships. Be as vulnerable as you possibly can. Recognize vulnerability and empathy as strengths. Don’t allow the fact that other people are assholes to you make you into a bitter and abusive person. Commit to the revolution as a method of psychological and physical survival.
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| — | Kathleen Hanna, in a summer 1991 Riot Grrrl zine (read in Girls to the Front: the True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus) |
When you’re a teenage girl who’s trying with all your might not to hate yourself, trying not to get harassed or raped, trying not to let bikini blondes in beer ads crush your self image, trying not to be discouraged from joining a sports team or math club or shop class or school newspaper, trying not to let your family’s crippling dysfunction make you want to fucking die, a feminist movement that’s mostly about electing new senators might not be all that compelling to you.
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| — | Sara Marcus, Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution |
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“Eau D’Bedroom Dancing”—Le Tigre
probably my favorite song by them, also one of their least LT sounding songs.
