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Young, alternative, feminist grrls and grrl-friendly boys. We are pro-expression, and pro-androgyny. We are anti-authority, anti-racism, anti-sexism, anti-homophobia, anti-ageism, and anti-fascism. We are not dykes and bitches, although we celebrate rather than shun these qualities. We are grrrls, the epitome of femininity, meaning we celebrate who we are, and deny the mainstream all-American fashionplate girl. We can be individuals and be female, we can be powerful and be female, we can be smart and be female, and we won’t let media and sexism tell us otherwise. We are working for a world free of oppression and discrimination. In Solidarity!

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Posted by grrrlriot on March 21, 2008
Here is a brief history of riot grrrl. Later, I might write my own more detailed version. Here is the version from the Riot Grrrl Online website.

Riot Grrrl began in 1991 at Olympia Washington, when a few girls (mostly from Bikini Kill and Bratmobile) decided to get together and talk about their main interests..feminism and punk rock. The first time they met it was all fun, they put up posters to get attention of other open minded girls. Then they found out they had other things in common: they were all vegetarians; against drugs; and had been molested as children. At one meeting a very smart girl took notes, photocopied them and turned them into a cool fanzine. That’s how it all began. Some people think that Bikini Kill started it all, in my eyes they did. Bikini Kill, however does not think of themselves as starting the riot grrrl movement. In Bikini Kill’s songs, they sing about different women issues such as: rape, incest, and other issues that some women face. Some people think that bikini kill, riot grrrls, and feminists are ‘man-haters’. They’re not. They just want to be equal to men, not better to them. Zines are a BIG part of the riot grrrl scene. Most riot grrrls believe in DIY. (do it yourself) That means that they start riot grrrl chapters, zines, etc. of their own around the riot grrrl movement.

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Posted by grrrlriot on April 8, 2008
The following is from the zine Tennis and Violins by
Kristy Chan. It is taken from here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20011020035444/www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/3685/girllove.html

* treating all girls with respect
* hugging your girlfriends and being there for them
* protecting each other and providing a feeling of safety
when we walk down the street or go out
* making space where women/girls feel unthreatened and unintimidated
* talking about abuse and rape when no one else will listen
* making other girls feel unafraid to eat in public or around others
* making other girls feel comfortable in their bodies
* being kind to your mom and not expecting her to wait on you
* not judging women/girls on their looks and/or hating them for being pretty
* not competing for boys’ attention
* not looking/acting dumb on purpose so boys will like you
* not picking your new boyfriend over your old girlfriends
* calling people on their shit, including your girlfriends because it helps us to stay aware of things we do that are fucked up and things we need to change
* not feeling homophobic around your girlfriends and refusing to touch them
* learning and teaching each other how to do stuff and be active
* screaming in public
* knowing that girls can do anything boys can do
* stopping jealousy
* realizing that girls who have sex aren’t “sluts” or bad and respecting their sexual choices as something that you might not understand of have any business speculating on
* being pro-choice
* knowing that you are connected to all girls and the way you view yourself is related to their self-image as well
* sharing resources with other girls
* helping each other see our beauty and build our own culture around what we see
* wearing make-up and tight clothes because we want to
* being sexy and powerful
* being honest and straight-forward with your girlfriends because mind games suck and keep us divided
* talking about our feelings
* holding hands
* feeling okay about being naked around each other
* having sex and making out (if you want to) and liking it
* understanding that girls that we may not like are people, too and are affected by the same institutions that affect all of us
* not letting the words “feminist”, “slut”, “whore”, “bitch”, etc. be used as insults against us
* refusing to let companies prey on our insecurities in
order to get our money (how many times have you
bought some low-fat diet shit because you feel insecure
about your body or bought make-up to hide your face
that you think isn’t pretty?)
* trying to understand how oppression and the status quo
work and how we fit into it
* reclaiming our customs and rituals (hanging out in the
bathroom, slumber parties, shopping, the color pink,
whatever we fucking want)
* self-love

Ang pagiging babae ay pamumuhay
Sa panahon ng digma.
Dapat ingatan at pag-isipan
Ang lahat na ginagawa,
Lahat na salitang lumalabas
Sa aking mga bibig,
Na wala nang silbi sa lipunan
Kundi ang lagyan ng lipstik.

Lahat kami ay tao,