Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution

By Sara Marcus

Book Overview

"For a Second Wave feminist like myself, Girls to the Front evokes wonderfully the way the generation after mine soaked up the promise and the punishment of feminist consciousness. . . . A richly moving story." --Village Voice writer Vivian Gornick

Girls to the Front is the epic, definitive history of the Riot Grrrl movement--the radical feminist punk uprising that exploded into the public eye in the 1990s, altering America's gender landscape forever. Author Sara Marcus, a music and politics writer for Time Out New York, Slate.com, Pos, and Heeb magazine, interweaves research, interviews, and her own memories as a Riot Grrrl front-liner. Her passionate, sophisticated narrative brilliantly conveys the story of punk bands like Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Heavens to Betsy--as well as successors like Sleater-Kinney, Partyline, and Kathleen Hanna's Le Tigre--and their effect on today's culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007YTMSM8
• ISBN13: 9780061806360
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.1"