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Jamie posted an update in the group
The Great Library of Autostraddle 12 years, 3 months ago Currently I’m reading “Breaking Dawn” because after a year of graduate school I needed something mindless. Next up is “Girls to the Front” to make up for my indiscretions.
Girls to the Front is so good, although I feel kind of guilty reading that some of the characterizations were problematic….
yeah, after reading it i’m feeling ambivalent towards the riot grrrl movement. i’m always going to love the music, its only ever been tied to me feeling empowered and generally great (grrreat?). a lot of the writing felt apologetic and biased in favor of the movement, which really annoys me. bias is only okay to me if the books is in first-person. it was an interesting read and i’m glad i read it just so i have a better picture of times and the feelings behind the whole thing
If you would like a fuller picture of 90s grrrl politics, may I recommend A Girl’s Guide to Taking Over the World? It’s a zine anthology with a ton of the big names, but the political and social spectrum is much wider than what was well-known in the “mainstream” riot grrrl community. It’s outta print, but cheap used and maybe you can interlibrary loan it: http://www.amazon.com/Girls-Guide-Taking-Over-World/dp/0312155352/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308251867&sr=1-1
oh cool, thanks! the ‘zines were one of the most interesting parts of ‘girls to the front’ and just a little before my time, i’m totally going to look into this!