The Riot Grrrl Collection

For anyone who was lucky enough to see the bands and artists featured in this book in the 1990s, it'll remind you of the excitement of the time and the energy that went into creating a new playing field for female musicians. After reading my copy, I passed it onto a local teenage high school musician/artist looking for inspiration to create her own path in life to use as a guidebook for what can be done and what is possible. Hopefully, those are the hands that'll have the existing copies of this book passed onto them ...

Twenty years ago I was in high school hell and the things that made me feel better was punk rock and zines. Riot grrrl was a huge part of that. The high school I went to was very hostile towards feminists and punks. My heart goes out to young girls dealing with that now and I hope they get this book. Even though I never went to any riot grrrl meetings or hung out with any riot grrrls the movement made a huge impact on me. The idea that feminism can be cool and to be proud of ones identity when others are trying to tear you down is huge when one is 15! God bless these trailblazing women.

I love riot grrrl music, if your a fan like I am this is the ultimate book to get. Nothing can top this so many cool zines its just to much to handle thats how amazing this book is!!!! So if you like the movement and music I recommend this book.

Love it!

Love it. More please.

"In a time when feminism is being re-written as the simplistic pop of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In or as the declared death of patriarchy by Hanna Rosin in The End of Men, Riot Grrrl is a timely reminder of action and activism, of subversive models and the relevancy of youth movements." --Gladys-Katherina Hernando on The Riot Grrrl CollectionRead the full review here:[...]

Fast delivery, exactly as described. Very happy!

I mean you cant really go wrong here. It is a great sampling of the archived riot grrrl movement. Informed by the individuals who started the scene.

A must for all riot grrrls older and young alike.

Bellissimo

This book is beautiful and I'm so happy to own it. The reproductions are sharp and at almost full page size, and the text is easy to read. You are most certainly meant to engage with the content in these zines and flyers and absorb them for yourself. There's a good mix that gives an excellent overall feel of the content I'm sure is in the Fales Library archive. There are 3-4 zines that have been reprinted in full, as far as I can tell, and the rest are excerpts. As well as zines there are gig posters and notebook pages with zine notes and lyrics. It's fantastic to flip through and Important, to history and identity.

I’m so glassy I finally bought this book. It’s gorgeous and brings back so many memories of my youth.

My wife loves this book and says it is the most thoughtful gift ever. Nice and thick with lots of pictures. Good intro.