Girls to the Front

<p><strong>Not only a historical rockument of the revolutionary 90s counterculture Riot Grrrl movement. . . but also a rousing inspiration for a new generation of empowered rebel girls to strap on guitars and stick it to The Man. </strong>-- <strong><em>Vanity Fair</em></strong></p><p><em>Girls to the Front</em> is the epic definitive history of the Riot Grrrl movement--the radical feminist punk uprising that exploded into the public eye in the 1990s altering America's gender landscape forever. Author Sara Marcus a music and politics writer for <em>Time Out New York</em> Slate.com <em>Pos</em> and <em>Heeb</em> magazine interweaves research interviews and her own memories as a Riot Grrrl front-liner. Her passionate sophisticated narrative brilliantly conveys the story of punk bands like Bikini Kill Bratmobile Heavens to Betsy--as well as successors like Sleater-Kinney Partyline and Kathleen Hanna's Le Tigre--and their effect on today's culture.</p>