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riot girl, n. orig. U.S.
Brit. |ˈrʌɪət gəːl|, U.S. |ˈraɪət ˌgərl|
Forms: 19– riot girl, 19– riot grrl, 19– riot grrrl [Also with capital initial(s).]
[‹ riot n. + girl n. Compare grrrl n.]
A member or follower of any of several loosely affiliated, mainly American, female rock groups of the early 1990s, adopting an aggressive music and performance style redolent of punk as a reaction against male dominance of (esp. punk) music. Hence, more generally: a wider movement expressing feminist resistance to male domination in society and esp. to the abuse and harassment of women; a member or follower of this movement.
1992Billboard 28 Mar. 60/1 The panelists festooned the wall with a bedsheet emblazoned with the legend ‘Riot Grrls (sic)’. 1992Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 28 Sept. c3 The main way riot girls express themselves is through dozens of girl fanzines. The small, Xeroxed-and-folded booklets are filled with grrrl talk, art and articles. 1995Guardian 15 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 37/1 When the Riot Grrl movement began in America in 1991, its intention was to redress the balance of power via the punk rock underground using slogans (words like ‘rape’ and ‘slut’ written in black marker pens on exposed stomachs or bare arms), fanzines, meetings and women-only shows. 1998Christian Sci. Monitor (Electronic ed.) 7 May 1 The ‘riot grrl’ trend in rock music—featuring young, strong, angry women—lent a new cachet and a new spelling to the word ‘girl’, suggesting strength and independence. 2001Guardian 13 Feb. ii. 9/3 Like the original Ladyfest, riot grrrl took shape in Olympia, a sleepy-seeming hippy town with a history of political activism. |