Riot Grrrl Movement

Riot Grrl is an underground feminist Punk rock movement that blew up in the 90s. It was started by feminist activist groups located in Washington D.C.; Olympia, Washington; Portland, Oregon; and the greater Pacific Northwest.These groups existed to create a safe haven for women to come together and have conversations about sexism that they experienced in the punk scene. These groups eventually inspired bands such as Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Heavens to Betsy and many others, to bring the issue of sexism, sexual misconduct and abuse in the punk scene to a more public platform. Riot Grrrl bands empowered women and encouraged them to take their place among a male-dominated scene (Feliciano 2013). These bands created a larger platform for women to share their experiences as many bands would invite some women in the audience to come up and speak to the rest of the crowd (Anderson 2013).
According to Allison Wolfe, one of the founders of the original Riot Grrrl, the movement had been dead since the mid-nineties. Misconceptions put out by mainstream media triggered internal discourse that essentially caused the movement to implode on itself. However, there are still many radical young feminists and musicians who identify with the Riot Grrrl movement. The implosion of the original Riot Grrrl caused an explosion of a new movement that some like to call: the contemporary Riot Grrrl movement. This new movement is alive and well with active member across the nation. This study will attempt to answer questions about these movement using a combination of ethnographic and academic research. Is Riot Grrrl really dead? If so, what parts of original Riot Grrrl are dead? What do members of the original Riot Grrrl thing about the new movement? How is the new contemporary Riot Grrrl movement the same compared to the original? How is it