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Superheroines Rule In 'Wonder Women!'

Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Superhero, Bikini Kill, Kathleen Hanna, Superheroine, Girl Power, Kickstarter, Gloria Steinem, Le Tigre, Wonder Woman, Bionic Woman, Feminism, Sxsw, Wonder Women!, Video, Arts News

It's a bird! It's a plane! Actually, it's a statuesque woman with a golden lasso... In a genre mostly written by men for men about men, Wonder Woman...

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Early Preview: Punk Rock Activist Collective Documentary

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Get an early preview of the in-progress documentary "Positive Force: More Than A Witness," about the District of Columbia's 26-year-old ...

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How Kathleen Hanna and Bikini Kill Taught me to Make Peace with my "Alien She"

Mary Pauline Lowry | Posted 12.02.2011

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Mary Pauline Lowry

Co-existing with my desire to be girly was my wish to run unworried through night streets and pump and pay for gas without being subjected to a once-over from scary or just plain lame men.

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Art and Adventure: A Manifesto for Women and Grrrls

Mary Pauline Lowry | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Odysseus, The Odyssey, Bikini Kill, Amanda Hocking, Kathleen Hanna, Legends of the Fall, Twilight, Nicki Minaj, Ani DiFranco, Mary Pauline Lowry, Shauna Cross, Mary Lowry, The Alchemist, Paul Coelho, Righteous Babe Records, Women News
Mary Pauline Lowry

We as women and girls can't just demand more interesting and engaging female characters. We have waited too long already. We have to write the books and -- if necessary -- publish them ourselves.

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Riot Grrrl History: 'Girls To The Front' Author Reads At Quimby's

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Riot Grrls, Huggybear, Bikini Kill, Chicago Events, Bratmobile, Girls to the Front, Riot Grrrl, Chicago Culture, Sara Marcus, Chicago Around Town, Jessica Hopper, Feminism, Chicago News

Though it has been about two decades since the Riot Grrrl movement began, the music, politics and identity of the genre has continued to grow and thri...

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