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Girl Power
Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music | Marisa Meltzer
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In the early nineties, riot grrrl exploded onto the underground music scene, inspiring girls to pick up an instrument, create fanzines, and become politically active. Rejecting both traditional gender roles and their parents' brand of feminism, riot grrrls celebrated and deconstructed femininity. The media went into a titillated frenzy covering followers who wrote "slut" on their bodies, wore frilly dresses with combat boots, and talked openly about sexual politics. The movement's message of "revolution girl-style now" soon filtered into the mainstream as "girl power," popularized by the Spice Girls and transformed into merchandising gold as shrunken T-shirts, lip glosses, and posable dolls. Though many criticized girl power as at best frivolous and at worst soulless and hypersexualized, Marisa Meltzer argues that it paved the way for today's generation of confident girls who are playing instruments and joining bands in record numbers. Girl Power examines the role of women in rock since the riot grrrl revolution, weaving Meltzer's personal anecdotes with interviews with key players such as Tobi Vail from Bikini Kill and Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls. Chronicling the legacy of artists such as Bratmobile, Sleater-Kinney, Alanis Morissette, Britney Spears, and, yes, the Spice Girls, Girl Power points the way for the future of women in rock.
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TheKidUpstairs
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1. Margaret Atwood, Zadie Smith, Sylvia Plath
2. Nellie McClung “Never retract, never explain, never apologize — get the thing done and let them howl!”
3. I love Amy Poehler's Smart Girls https://amysmartgirls.com/
4. Cheekbone Beauty. Ethical beauty products, indigenous owned, supports indigenous charities. https://cheekbonebeauty.ca/

#FriYAYintro @4thhouseontheleft @howjessreads

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Cinfhen
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Just thought I'd post the new musical book challenge for August😎Had lots of musical input from my fierce & fabulous friends as we created a list of female artists who are legends, divas, pop princesses and fearless females 🚺☮️💟#AugustGrrrl 💕Special thanks to my July guest host @Robothugs who created the awesome #90sinJuly playlist 🙌🏻Can't wait to see what you guys post in August 🎶Feel free to share & repost🎵

Robothugs It's been a pleasure!! There's some really great songs on this playlist!! 🙌🏻 7y
Cinfhen @Robothugs I really loved having a "co-host" Sept & October already have guests hosts but November is still up for grabs if you want to "DJ" again?? 7y
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Robothugs Oooh fun! I'd definitely love to! 7y
Dragon Looks fun! @Cinfhen 👍🐉 7y
WarpedSweetness The fact that you used Monster High makes me want to participate now! Lol 7y
erzascarletbookgasm Looking forward! 7y
TrishB Cool 👍 7y
Kalalalatja Yay! Can't wait to be a bit more active in August! 😄😄 7y
Cinfhen Looking forward to seeing all my favs back in action @Kalalalatja @TrishB @erzascarletbookgasm @Dragon @Robothugs @gossamerchild @WarpedSweetness those Monster High girls are the best💗💗💗 7y
JazzFeathers Fantastic! July wasn't a great mknth fir my photo challenge. I hope August will be better 😁 7y
Hollie This is going to ms so fun! 7y
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Alisnazzy
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Oh. My. God. YASSSSSSS ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼

Hooked_on_books 🙌🏼 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa 😂🤣👍Right on! 7y
LibrarianJen 😂😂😂 yes! 7y
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OrangeMooseReads 🙌🏽 7y
Kaylamburson Love this!!!! 7y
mjdowens 😂😂😂😂. That is so true 7y
jveezer Exactly. My daughter took an entire tweety bird roller bag of books on any overnight trip we went on. Not to many people nudged her out of the way on the soccer field, and she's starting to be just as tall an order in roller-derby. 7y
Lcsmcat Yes! 7y
KCorter @jveezer Your daughter sounds like the coolest! 7y
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Vexingcircumstance
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Why do people want to look in everyone's boxes when you're walking around a library book sale? Back off dude! My box is my business. Mind your own box.

#librarybooksale #libraries #library #noyoucanthaveit #mine #mindyourownbox

tpixie #bookhaul ! ❤️📚❤️ 8y
Vexingcircumstance But since I've now already paid and I actually like you guys I am sharing the contents of my box. Lol. (edited) 8y
rubyslippersreads Be careful--I once had a woman start taking books out of my bag! 😱 8y
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tournevis @rubyslippersreads Happened to me too. Rude. 8y
Vexingcircumstance @tournevis @rubyslippersreads exactly why I am protective about lookey Loos peeping in my box lol. (edited) 8y
tournevis @Vexingcircumstance They're my precious. Mine! 8y
Vexingcircumstance @tournevis I'm pretty sure the lady snooping wanted to snatch those DVDs box sets I had. She was grabbing up all the others. I almost growled and hissed at her lol. 8y
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Marmie7
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My next #covertocover book is here! #litsygoespostal It's like you know me @sammisho I adore Wonder Woman! I just watched the trailer for the upcoming movie for the gazillionth time about 10 min. before this arrived😁

sammisho We just might be soul mates! I love Wonder Woman too! My sister and I already have plans to see it opening weekend! So glad you got the package. I went ahead and used USPS and was worried about your evil postmaster! 8y
jpmcwisemorgan Please don't let it suck, please don't let it suck, over and over and over. I saw the trailer and I wanted to cry. It's so beautiful. 8y
Marmie7 Thanks what I keep thinking @jpmcwisemorgan The trailer looks so good! We just might be @sammisho we seem to have alot in common 😃 This book sounds really interesting, can't wait to dive in! 8y
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Betty I had no idea Wonder Woman is coming to the theater. Have to take the grandkids! 8y
sammisho @jpmcwisemorgan @Marmie7 I have high hopes for the movie. I loved her little bit in Batman v Superman. 8y
jpmcwisemorgan @sammisho I didn't see Batman vs Superman because all the Batman reboots have turned me off. I wanted to see her in it but I couldn't bring myself to watch the movie. Spider-Man is the same for me. I will probably see the new one because it ties into the MCU but if it's just the same old origin story I probably won't see another one. (edited) 8y
Marmie7 @sammisho @jpmcwisemorgan I only went to see Batman vs Superman because of Wonder Woman 😍 It was ok and I was happy to see her and Aquaman. Hope to see more of him too. 8y
jpmcwisemorgan @Marmie7 @sammisho Jason Momoa's Aquaman? I've seen pics and wow. Maybe I should watch the movie after all. 8y
Marmie7 Yep, he makes a fine Aquaman😉 @jpmcwisemorgan 8y
Marmie7 @Betty yep, as you can probably tell, I'm super excited! I've been watching her since I was little. 8y
sammisho @marmie7 and @jpmcwisemorgan I love all DC anything! Wasn't a huge fan of the Christian Bale movies. But love every other movie. Jason Moama as Aquaman is amazing. I really hate the casting for The Flash. But maybr just because I love the tv version of Barry Allan? CW has done a great job with the DC universe. 8y
Marmie7 I agree @sammisho CW has done a fantastic job with DC. I haven't' started watching Legends of Tomorrow yet but I'm looking forward to it. 8y
sammisho @marmie7, honestly skip season 1 and start season 2! Season is kinda a hot mess. Season 2 is amazing. 8y
sammisho @marmie7 unless you are a Doctor Who fan and want to see Rory is something different? But the role wasn't a good fit for him! 8y
jpmcwisemorgan @Marmie7 & @sammisho Yes, CW does DC well. But the CW has a long history of getting shows that might not have been shown on the other networks. They've learned how to work that to their advantage. 8y
Marmie7 @sammisho I love Rory in Dr. Who! I'd hate for that to be ruined for me. Regardless, I'll prob watch it. Maybe just skim through it haha 8y
tpixie @jpmcwisemorgan @Marmie7 @sammisho yes I love Supergirl and the crossovers are fun! Also - wow great book haul #covertocover rocks! 8y
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kylienoele
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Just a few of the badass fictional women that I love and look up to in honor of #InternationalWomensDay ⚔️💅🏻👑💪🏻
Brienne, Calla, Ellaria, Daenerys, Lagertha, Tulip, Eowyn, and Missandei 💞
#LookingGoodAndGettingShitDone

Books88 Seriously Game of Thrones is a huge girl power fest 8y
kylienoele @AJBowers So true!! This was almost all GoT characters but I thought I should switch it up 😉 8y
SuperPunkNinja Tulip!!! 8y
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Weaponxgirl
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I know I reviewed this yesterday but I just had to share this quote from Megan jasper quoting in the book "our economy was really strong, the biggest problem was that our president got a blow job, the world seemed like it was in a decent place".
I spat my drink out laughing. Oh how times have changed! I'd also recommend watching the punk singer after reading this to see why Kathleen hanna left music for a bit. This book was published before.

sprainedbrain I need to check that book out. Also, I ❤️ One Beat!! 8y
saresmoore 🤣 8y
Weaponxgirl @sprainedbrain I'm working on my sleater Kinney vinyl collection :) 8y
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Weaponxgirl
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So this just left me wanting more, the size of this book couldn't do justice to all the different girls in music of the 90s but this was a great short overview. It starts on riot grrrl and keeps the talk about feminism going throughout and I bloody loved it. I've dog eared loads of pages for quotes and listening to sleater Kinney at the same time was great. #booksandvinyl #readwomen #womeninmusic

LindsayReads OoooOOOOOoooooooh... 8y
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JessicaThunstromNelson
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🎼🎶🎸🎤🎧 😎 Sometimes, I really miss the 90s.

gibblr Oooh this looks interesting! 8y
JessicaThunstromNelson @gibblr It was a really good read, and so timely. 8y
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This picture of the Duchess of Cornwall with her all female protection squad in the UAE this week really made me smile. 3 of these women also conquered Everest last year. I hope that we can all rise up and push back and show Trump what we are made of, even if it not with the grace and beauty of this photo!

Cinfhen Wow! Awesome photo! 8y
Bookzombie That is an great photo. 8y
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