Word: grrrl
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Grrrl Power position was staked out early on by Emily's List. Less than one hour after Clinton announced her candidacy in January 2007, the group issued an endorsement statement from president Ellen Malcolm. "I am one of the millions of women who have waited all their lives to see the first woman sworn in as President of the United States," wrote Malcolm. "And now we have our best opportunity to see that dream fulfilled." Of course, given that Emily's List exists for the express purpose of electing women, it's no surprise that Malcolm would so quickly embrace...
...later against the overwhelmingly white, middle-class makeup of the Second Wave. Third Wave feminism arose in the mid 1980s and 90s, adding emphasis to queer theory and racial challenges. Part of this movement involved the cultural development of Girl Power, originally exemplified by the no-holds-barred Riot Grrrl and later by a series of pop-stars (Spice Girls, anyone?) as a commercial strategy to sell music and clothes. It’s difficult to imagine a time when the underground prevalence of feminist political magazines bearing titles like “Diabolical Clits?...
Plan B takes its artistic cues chiefly from the Riot Grrrl movement of the 1990s and all-woman punk-hardcore bands like Team Dresch, but each member has her own very different tastes, ranging from funk to Pantera, and consequently their songs vary stylistically. Lyrically the songs are abrasive and confrontational, and Plan B performs them with an unabashed rawness that makes them more immediate and affecting...
Several players on the riot grrrl and Kill Rock Star scene have come together to form the Casual Dots, whose self-titled debut is filled with primitive pounding, noodling guitar lines and lovely sweet-and-sour vocals from Christina Billotte, a former member of Bikini Kill. The band is only two guitars and a drum set, so the arrangements are simple and usually rely on battling guitar lines over simple drum patterns. Considering this, it’s surprising how much of the 30-minute album is devoted to instrumental—the first song is entirely free of vocals...
...York carried the superbitch torch that Flora abandoned, while Matt in New Orleans filled the religious vacuum left behind by Los Angeles’ Jon. This season’s cast is a near-replica of that of two seasons ago: country hick; young, rebellious girl; strong, independent grrrl; angry black guy; frattish asshole; manipulative bitch; non-threatening gay. One can almost see the casting directors’ audition checklists and hear the producers’ cackles as they eradicate all traces of personality deviation...