{"product_id":"9780061806360","title":"Girls to the Front : The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGirls to the Front\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Sara Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\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.”\u003cbr\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.”\u003cbr\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.”\u003cbr\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.”\u003cbr\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.”\u003cbr\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.”\u003cbr\u003e“Sara Marcus’s \u003cem\u003eGirls to the Front\u003c\/em\u003e is a great \u0026amp; true \u0026amp; real history. Thank God. At last.”\u003cbr\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.”\u003cbr\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.”\u003cbr\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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780061806360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41045441052878,"sku":"9780061806360","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780061806360.jpg?v=1648003785","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780061806360","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}