WOMENST 1A03 Lecture : Women's Studies-Mar.21 "Riot Grrl and Women in Music"

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Response to male domination of punk and punk zines, Poses riot grrrl" as hugely inspirational for ezines. Aggressive reclamation of girl culture" and shaming" words: collection of the messier parts of girlhood, parts that could be used in shameful ways. Women are active participants and contributors to metal and punk. Women and noise: dick hebdige (1979): subculture seen as noise in systems of normative representation, helen reddington (2007): Identification of sub-cultural noise and music as associated with. Maleness" which creates barriers in women"s expression and participation in noise making. Negotiating in underground music subcultures: strategies: Performing androgyny and asexuality: aggression: hyper-aggression to outdo the boys, masculinity. Men exemplify this through attitude, fashion, music, sexuality. Women of metal/punk: dressed in bondage gear, partially nude, resisting the good girl" stereotype. Female aggression is both a way of fighting back and earning: femininity: parodying gender and sexual norms. respect. Parodying common ideas about femininity and female sexuality.

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