Riot Grrrl Manifesto (BEDA #4)

Before I get into what I want to talk about, I just wanted to tell you that...I didn't take a nap today!!! I came close twice, but I forced myself not to. I kind of used a trick I learned back when I was pulling an all nighter during NaNoWriMo 2009 and at the same time watching Nanalew's (If you don't know who she is, Go to her Youtube channel.) 24 blog tv show. I drank a lot of water. Not only will you hydrate your body, but it also makes you have to use the bathroom a lot. All of that getting up is going to make you not so sleepy! Genius!!! Why didn't I think of that before?!?!

Anyway On to the topic at hand.

I started reading "Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now" (This is what it looks like > ), and one of the things in it so far is the Riot Grrrl Manifesto. If you would like to read the manifesto, you can go HERE, but basically it's a list of all the things a riot grrrl is. A Riot grrrl wants to break the status quo of what society thinks a girl should be, and to me that is everything and more of what I want to be. We need this frame of mind now more than ever.

The media is the reason why we need this mind frame. It is spilling out all of these toxic images that are saying "You are nothing until you have a significant other." or "Unless you dress the right way and wear a ton of make-up, you won't go far in life." It pisses me off even more that they are targeting younger girls and pretty much brainwashing them into thinking that all of the above is true.

Even though this manifesto was written in the early 90's, you can still apply it to th events happening today!

It was a way for women musicians to show what they had, and they didn't really care if you liked it or not. They played their music because it was something they loved doing. It was a way for creators, writers, illustrators, artist of all kinds to publish their works even if it was a hand made booklet given out at shows. It gave a way for women of all sexuality, race, religion, and backgrounds to come together and bond and be their true selves, and not give a damn what anybody else thinks.

The riot grrrl movement may not be as big as it was in the 90's, but it is still alive as long as people still believe in it's values.

I think that I would be nuts not to include a music video from one of the founding bands of the riot grrrl movement. This is Bratmobile's video for "Eating Toothpaste" from their album "Ladies, Women, And Girls"



I hope you all had a great day, and DFTBA!
~Alicia~