Editing Punk rock (section)

=== Riot grrrl ===
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[[File:Bratmobile.jpg|thumb|left|Riot grrrl band Bratmobile in 1994]]
The riot grrrl movement, a significant aspect in the formation of the Third Wave feminist movement, was organized by taking the values and rhetoric of punk and using it to convey feminist messages.<ref name="Garrison 141–170">{{cite journal |last=Garrison |first=Ednie Kaeh |date=Spring 2000 |title=U.S. Feminism-Grrrl Style! Youth (Sub)Cultures and the Technologics of the Third Wave |journal=[[Feminist Studies (journal)|Feminist Studies]] |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=141–170 |doi=10.2307/3178596 |jstor=3178596|hdl=2027/spo.0499697.0026.108 |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref name="EmilyWhite">{{cite journal |last=White |first=Emily |date=September 25, 1992 |title=Revolution Girl-Style Now!: Notes From the Teenage Feminist Rock 'n' Roll Underground |journal=The Chicago Reader}}</ref>

In 1991, a concert of female-led bands at the [[International Pop Underground Convention]] in [[Olympia, Washington]], heralded the emerging riot grrrl phenomenon. Billed as "Love Rock Revolution Girl Style Now", the concert's lineup included [[Bikini Kill]], [[Bratmobile]], [[Heavens to Betsy]], [[L7 (band)|L7]], and [[Mecca Normal]].<ref>Raha (2005), p. 154.</ref> The riot grrrl movement foregrounded feminist concerns and progressive politics in general; the DIY ethic and fanzines were also central elements of the scene.<ref>Jackson (2005), pp. 261–62.</ref> This movement relied on media and technology to spread their ideas and messages, creating a cultural-technological space for feminism to voice their concerns.<ref name="Garrison 141–170" /> They embodied the punk perspective, taking the anger and emotions and creating a separate culture from it. With riot grrrl, they were grounded in girl punk past but also rooted in modern feminism.<ref name="EmilyWhite" /> Tammy Rae Carbund, from [[Mr. Lady Records]], explains that without riot grrrl bands, "[women] would have all starved to death culturally."<ref>{{cite news |last=Loftus |first=Jamie |date=April 8, 2015 |title=A Brief History of the Riot Grrrl Movement in Honor of Boston's Riot Grrrl Day |url=http://www.bdcwire.com/a-brief-history-of-the-riot-grrrl-movement-in-honor-of-bostons-riot-grrrl-day/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317102035/http://www.bdcwire.com/a-brief-history-of-the-riot-grrrl-movement-in-honor-of-bostons-riot-grrrl-day/ |archive-date=March 17, 2018 |access-date=March 16, 2018 |website=bdcwire}}</ref>

Singer-guitarists [[Corin Tucker]] of Heavens to Betsy and [[Carrie Brownstein]] of [[Excuse 17]], bands active in both the queercore and riot grrrl scenes, cofounded the indie/punk band [[Sleater-Kinney]] in 1994. Bikini Kill's lead singer, [[Kathleen Hanna]], the iconic figure of riot grrrl, moved on to form the [[art punk]] group [[Le Tigre]] in 1998.<ref>McGowen, Brice. [http://www.unc.edu/glbtsa/lambda/articles/28/3/letigre.htm "Eye of the Tiger"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205020338/http://www.unc.edu/glbtsa/lambda/articles/28/3/letigre.htm|date=December 5, 2007}}. ''Lamda'', February/March 2005. Retrieved on November 26, 2007.</ref>
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