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 GornickGirls 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.

Paperback / softback
 
384 pages

204 x 133 x 24 (mm)

HarperCollins Publishers Inc