A review by balletbookworm
Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus

4.0

I really liked the rhythm Sara Marcus used in her writing for Girls to the Front - sometimes the words felt like song lyrics, other times like a prose poem. Very appropriate to a history about a feminist movement that included music and zines as outlets. I knew tangentially about Riot Grrrl in the early 1990s. I agreed with what sentiments I knew about - about objectifying women, treating them as substandard, pro-choice, pro-equal rights, pro-gay rights - but really didn't get the music aspect at all (Bikini Kill and Bratmobile are a very, very long way soundwise from Don Giovanni and Sunday in the Park With George). Girls to the Front is a very heart-felt, personal attempt to chronicle a feminist movement that didn't have a central "purpose" or organization, a very come-as-you-are but vocal movement - I loved reading it.