{"product_id":"girls-to-the-front-the-true-story-of-the-riot-grrrl-revolution-isbn-9780061806360","title":"Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Not only a historical rockument of the revolutionary 90s counterculture Riot Grrrl movement. . . but also a rousing inspiration for a new generation of empowered rebel girls to strap on guitars and stick it to The Man.” \u003c\/strong\u003e— \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGirls to the Front\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/em\u003e, Slate.com, \u003cem\u003ePos\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHeeb\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGirls to the Front\u003c\/em\u003e is the epic, definitive history of Riot Grrrl—the radical feminist uprising that exploded into the public eye in the 1990s and included incendiary punk bands Bikini Kill, Bratmobile,  Heavens to Betsy, and Huggy Bear. A dynamic chronicle not just a movement but an era, this is the story of a group of pissed—off girls with no patience for sexism and no intention of keeping quiet.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Ambitious and convincing. . . . \u003cem\u003eGirls to the Front\u003c\/em\u003e makes narrative sense out of events that had so far been recorded only in mythic, unverified, and fragmentary form.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohanna Fateman, Bookforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Not only a historical rockument of the revolutionary 90s counterculture Riot Grrrl movement, which birthed the DIY feminist punk scene, but also a rousing inspiration for a new generation of empowered rebel girls to strap on guitars and stick it to The Man.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A fascinating social history. . . . In her impassioned study, Marcus focuses on the girls in the crowd as much as stars like Bikini Kill, placing the story in the context of liberalism’s post-Reagan crisis and mapping a civilization of Xeroxed jeremiads.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Feminism seems to change every five years. It’s hard to grasp the movement. But you don’t have to live a lifetime to get the idea and energy of it, and Sara Marcus’s book channels what it is to make it yr own. \u003ci\u003eGirls to the Front\u003c\/i\u003e is not just a keeper of the flame but brings you to yr own fire.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKim Gordon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Feminism seems to change every five years. It’s hard to grasp the movement. . . . \u003cem\u003eGirls to the Front\u003c\/em\u003e is not just a keeper of the flame but brings you to yr own fire.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKim Gordon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Compelling. . . . A brash, gutsy chronicle of the empowering music and feminist movement of the early 1990s. . . . Marcus enthusiastically tracks the ‘scattered cartographies of rebellion’ and captures the combustible excitement of this significant if short-lived moment.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Marcus has done a commendable job of telling the little-known history of an important social and cultural movement. . . . A compelling history.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stirring. . . . Eloquent. . . . Like Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain did in \u003cem\u003ePlease Kill Me\u003c\/em\u003e. . . Sara Marcus’s \u003cem\u003eGirls to the Front\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of riot grrrl, one person at a time.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBitch Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eGirls to the Front\u003c\/em\u003e is more than just a historical account of the riot grrrl movement. It is a reliving. For those who missed the happenings of that era, this book will make you feel as though you were right there.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVenus Zine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A painstakingly researched and well thought-out tribute to a punk feminist era Sara Marcus clearly holds dear. . . . It should be heralded as an uncannily insightful revelation of the motivations and inner-workings of Riot Grrrl.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllison Wolfe, New York Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Exhilarating. . . . The well-documented history Riot Grrrl deserves. . . . Marcus writes with the empathy, grace, and balance of a good war correspondent. . . . Her book will undoubtedly prompt a whole new generation of teenage girls.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“For a Second Wave feminist like myself, \u003cem\u003eGirls to the Front\u003c\/em\u003e evokes wonderfully the way the generation after mine soaked up the promise and the punishment of feminist consciousness: all in all, a richly moving story.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVivian Gornick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Original, witty, idealistic and down-to-earth, \u003ci\u003eGirls to the Front\u003c\/i\u003e is a chronicle of women, girls, music, sexism—and, best of all, what it means to be alive.  Reader take heart: Feminism is not dead; Generation X is not asleep; friends do matter, and stories will  be told.  Thank you, Sara Marcus.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrenda Wineapple, author of White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Original, witty, idealistic and down-to-earth, \u003cem\u003eGirls to the Front\u003c\/em\u003e is a chronicle of women, girls, music, sexism—and, best of all, what it means to be alive. Reader take heart: Feminism is not dead.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrenda Wineapple, author of White Heat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sara Marcus’s \u003cem\u003eGirls to the Front\u003c\/em\u003e is a great \u0026amp; true \u0026amp; real history. Thank God. 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