grrrl
Americannoun
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a woman involved in the riot grrrl subculture.
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a feminist woman, particularly one whose political activism, creative work, or general personality may be seen as purposefully aggressive.
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The entire vibe around Sunday was fueled by female empowerment thanks to riot grrrl godmothers Bikini Kill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
In the 1990s, she helped instigate the riot grrrl movement, calling girls to the front of punk venues and setting off a D.I.Y. feminist ethos that was later assimilated into a girl-power marketing trend.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
Outside of class, Kat's riot grrrl tendencies can be observed in her extracurriculars and her fashion sense.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2024
I’ve enjoyed Li’s evolution from electro-cumbia riot grrrl to mystic earth mama in the last few years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
The Penney’s and Anthony’s window scenes—dark in the early-morning hours, mannequins in sweaters and winter jackets, scarves and mittens, fake leaves scattered on the ground—set to riot grrrl.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
While not everyone who sees the Guts World Tour will be lucky enough to witness some lavender-clad grrrls experience “Cannonball” live for the first time, every opener Rodrigo selected is worth arriving early to catch.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
But Marisa Meltzer, who has written books about everything from riot grrrls to Weight Watchers, tells a large story too — about the limitations of white feminism and the double standard toward women in business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
At the time, teen girls who were taught to be seen and not heard had started loudly rocking out to the feminist antics of the riot grrrls, but mainstream culture wasn’t playing along.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 26, 2017
Riot grrrls were committed to creating their own media, to control their own representations.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2013
From adding a string of growling consonants to the petite epithet girl to confronting the connotations of the word slut, riot grrrls pioneered a frenzy of linguistic salvage jobs that remains controversial today.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2012
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