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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...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pretty in Punk | 10/17/2002 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Libation as Liberation? | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Libation as Liberation? | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Home in the Crowd | 8/16/2001 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Your Father Should Know | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

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