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Smart, bold and political, Sleater-Kinney emerged from the Pacific Northwest with roots in riot grrrl, a movement of mostly youthful feminist and queer women who defied the sexist art and music establishments to revitalize punk rock. Despite widespread acclaim and a passionate fan base, the band has remained stubbornly independent and has little of the mainstream name recognition of those who have been crowned rock’s new hope...
Today, of course, we have both chocolate martinis and women's suffrage, "grrrl power" and a variety of tasty wine coolers for the kids. Not many women see getting falling-down drunk as a feminist statement, but plenty find drinking a good way to get along with the guys. In a corporate culture in which deals are often closed over multiple martinis or glasses of Merlot, the lone sipper of club soda risks looking like a latter-day Carrie Nation. And while the feminist foremothers aimed to make men more like women--nicer, that is, and sober--today's alpha...
...forged the movement in the 1970s, were, as third wavers never tire of pointing out, just a wee bit on the puritanical side--washing down their tofu with Celestial Seasonings and constantly harping on the danger of date rape. So if you're 17 and want to express your grrrl-ish toughness, while simultaneously kicking sand in Mom's face, what better way than to go out and get "roofed" on a pint of cranberry vodka? Just as the daughters of suffragists became the cigarette-smoking flappers of the '20s, the rebellious daughters of second-wave feminists may help account...
...strata thrown together in detention spend a whole movie figuring out how to get along, "Can't Buy Me Love" (1987), in which a dork bribes a popular girl into pretending to date him, "Some Kind of Wonderful" (1987), in which Eric Stoltz must choose between a little drummer grrrl and a jockette, and countless others ("Pretty in Pink," "Better off Dead," "Lucas," "Heathers.") As late as 1995, in "Clueless," crowd is still important. The regally popular main character, Cher, introduces a new girl to her Beverly Hills high school by pointing out each of the crowds lounging in their...
...sell my old man on recent overlooked albums of genius, he'll spread the word throughout his generation. After years of campaigning for Sonic Youth, I was inordinately proud when their opus Daydream Nation turned up on his CD rack. And when he reacted positively to indie-pop-riot grrrl bands like Cadallaca, I had to crow, father-like, to my friends...