Showing posts with label riot grrrl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label riot grrrl. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Start A Riot GRRRLZ


Hellz Bellz mixtape by HM Sounds. By the track list, this is probably a very good mix. It's currently being downloaded NOW.


Download and enjoy here:

Saturday, October 2, 2010

I Predict A Riot Grrrl

Writer Sara Marcus delves into the Riot Grrrl scene of the early 1990s with her new book, Girls to the Front. Marcus explores the world of new young feminists who demanded their rights loudly! The revolution will not be televised but you can catch the roving book tour as it makes its way across the United States -- hitting many Ladies Lotto chapter cities. So, head out to the nearest event, snag a book and listen to some tunes and readings that'd make Sandra Dee blush.


New York
TONIGHT, October 2
9 PM

Bruar Falls
245 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY

Book release party with performances by Mirah, Christy & Emily, and Tami Hart; Mirah music video premiere by Lauryn Siegel; remarks by Kathleen Hanna; DJ Emoticon, DJ Rebecca Ross, and DJ Lisa Garrett



Los Angeles

Tuesday, October 5
7:30 PM


Skylight Books

1818 N. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA

Musical guests Dunes and Anna Oxygen, and pickles by Jen Smith



San Francisco

Wednesday, October 6

6PM

San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch

100 Larkin Street

San Francisco, CA


Michelle Tea’s RADAR series presented in conjunction with the Litquake festival with Tao Lin, Chinaka Hodge, and Elizabeth Pickens.

Click
here for more information about the tour.

Monday, February 15, 2010

90's + Girl Power: A Discussion

Remember the 90's? Remember "Girl Power"? What happened to all of that stuff?
Read a recent discussion on SLATE with Marisa Meltzer (author of Girl Power, The Nineties Revolution in Music) & Sara Marcus. They talk about angry women, babydoll dresses & Beth Ditto to name a few...

Highly recommend reading it if you were alive during the 1990's.
http://www.slate.com/id/2244169

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Kathleen Hanna -Women's History Month



Today, Ladies Lotto is head-banging and moshing to Kathleen Hanna!

Kathleen Hanna (November 12, 1968) is an American musician, activist, and writer. She is best known for starting the Riot Grrrl zine, which became an incredible call to action for increased feminist activity and female involvement in the punk rock scene.

Additionally, Kathleen is the lead singer of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre! She’s collaborated with numerous artists, such as Green Day, Joan Jett, and the Ricketts.

Kathleen is an icon of the 90’s, and one can say that we’d never know what punk-rock is without her.

Let’s end this with the following Kathleen Hanna quote:
"The whole idea [of riot grrrl] was that women and girls could define what it meant and that there are a million different ways to be feminist or womanist or to be pro-woman or anti-misogyny and that it's not one person can decide that. We didn't want to be a corporation with a mission statement. I think that was an interesting strategy. People are still defining it for themselves."