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  • From: weasel walter <weaselw AT juno.com>
  • To: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
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  • Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] Riot Grrrl: genre vs. musical-political ethos
  • Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:49:35 -0700

one of the greatest drummers in modern rock and roll speaks!

these are very elucidating comments about the intent of the original riot
girl movement . . .

ww

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:38:37 -0700 "Tobi Vail" <tobivail AT gmail.com>
writes:
> riot grrrl (musically)
> was about appropriating the formal elements of punk and infusing it
> with feminist ideas so that we could get feminism out to the masses of
> punk girls who were being pushed out of the pit by male domination and
> sexism. we had to be accessible in order to reach people...that
> created a space for women who were experimenting with formal
> elements to be taken seriously...




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