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LATEST ARTICLES ( 59 )

• Album Review: Wild Flag

  

  By Sophie RaeI first heard (and heard of) Wild Flag when they opened for Bright Eyes at Radio City Music Hall last March. Sitting in the balcony and looking dow... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Interview with Shawna Kenney (co-author of the Upcoming Live At The Safari Club...

  

  By Andrew Jacobs via Stuck in the Past Shawna Kenney (center) in the pit after an Agnostic Front show How did you get into hardcore? Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Listening Between the Lines: Gaga, Swift and the Chords They’ve Struck With...

  

  By Randi Saunders  It sometimes seems that the Madonna/whore dichotomy most likes to rear its ugly head in the music industry. If you’re unfamiliar with this... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Artist of the Day: Jason Mandel

  

  Check out these cool photos by Jason Mandel!Check out his flickr for more! And check out these cool photos Jason took of my band. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Ode to Leslie Knope

  

  This summer, though ending waaaaay to quickly, has been awesome. I started Grrrl Beat, wrote songs, frolicked in fields, and ate ice cream. Oh yeah, and I... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION, TV & VIDEO

• Faces of Feminism

  By Danielle BurchHello, Grrrl Beat Universe!My name is Danielle and I write for a blog called Experimentations of Teenage Feminist. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Adele Rocks My Feminist Socks

  

  By Talia Bat Pessi  I think we all know that the media can greatly sway the public, for the good and bad. Part of the bad is how television, magazines, etc. hav... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Interview with Allison Wolfe

  

  By Danielle Eisenman Allison Wolfe is considered to be one of pioneers of the Riot Grrrl movement. Raised in Olympia, Washington, Allison created the influentia... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2011 DEBATE, SELF EXPRESSION

• New Abortion Bill an Insult to Women

  By Whitney Ayres KenerlyWhen I was a senior in high school and applying to colleges, I wrote my admission essay about a book that had changed me, The Cider Hous... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Band of the Day: EULA

  

  This spitfire trio out of Brooklyn, NY lobs heavy hand grenades of art-punk machismo run through with tomahawk howls. Psycho-surf, quasi-electronic, garage,... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• End Rape NYPD Rally

  

  Demonstrators at End Rape NYPD RallyLast May, hundreds of protesters gathered outside Manhattan’s Criminal Court to protest the acquittal of rape-charges agains... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Music Videos: DIY Bedroom Style!

  

  By Joey KonekoRandom things I collect: Korg keyboard, Bjork candle, thumb piano, quartz crystal, elf costume, charms, and dinosaur fossilI have always loved... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2011 CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Feminist TV Club: Commander in Chief

  

  By Becka WallBooks are great, but they sure are time-consuming. And when you belong to a book club, there’s a certain anxiety that comes with finishing the... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2011 CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• 7th Sound Wave: August 13th

  

  On August 13th, Permanent Wave (Amy Klein’s super-rad feminist organization that we talked about in our interview) will be putting on its 7th Sound Wave show... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Check out My Post on Experimentations of a Teenage Feminist!

  

  Today, the lovely Danielle Burch of Experimentations of a Teenage Feminist posted five young perspectives on the recent birth control ruling. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2011 CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Alexander McQueen at the Met

  

  The Alexander McQueen exhibit, Savage Beauty, which has been open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art since May, closes on August 7th and you MUST GO! The... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2011 CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Band of the Day: WOJCIK

  

  WOJCIK is a two-piece rock band from Brooklyn, made up of Geoff Lewit (on drums) and Hailey Wojcik (on guitar, vocals). My Old Kentucky Blog says ”They sound... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Riot Grrrl Weekend: Poison Girls

  

  I was a little nervous about going to the riot grrrl archive at NYU’s Fales library. I had just seen Citizen Kane the night before and the scene where the... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Riot Grrrl Weekend: Riot Grrrl NYC Documentary

  

  Last week I went to the NewFest film festival to see Grrrl Love and the Revolution, a documentary about the riot grrrl chapter in New York City in the early 90s. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2011 CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION