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  • Girls to the Front

  • The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
  • Written by: Sara Marcus
  • Narrated by: Julie McKay
  • Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
  • 3.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Written by: Sara Marcus
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Girls 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, and Heavens to Betsy - as well as successors like Sleater-Kinney, Partyline, and Kathleen Hanna's Le Tigre - and their effect on today's culture.

©2010 Sara Marcus (P)2017 Tantor
Gender Studies Music Women
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"[A] compelling history...Marcus has done a commendable job of telling the little-known history of an important social and cultural movement." ( Booklist, starred review)

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Pick it up in paperback

The content is good. But I’ve probably finished one hundred books on audio and I’ve never found a reader so unlistenable. Save yourself and pick it up in paperback.

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