Girl Power

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(idea) by Quizro (2.6 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu May 04 2000 at 19:43:13

A phrase that IMHO used to stand for something before the Spice Girls, an all-female band formed by men performing songs written by men, turned it into a marketing slogan. An outgrowth of the Riot Grrl movement, girl power emphasized female empowerment and the active participation of girls in traditionally male arenas. Girls formed garage bands, girls created their own comics, girls published their own zines, girls became involved in political and environmental activism - very much in the DIY spirit of early punk. Nevertheless, it was still very boy-friendly.

(thing) by Catchpole (1.5 wk) (print) ? (I like it!) Tue Jan 30 2001 at 4:37:37

A single by Shampoo, a UK girl pop duo who were formerly Manic Street Preachers fanzine writers, released in 1996 and was in the UK top 40 at the same time the Spice Girls released Wannabe.

Then all of a sudden these two little words were everywhere, and it wasn't because of Shampoo.

Spice Girls	oxymoron	shampoo	Keyboards in a computer lab with very sticky keys that make you
riot grrrl	How to feminize a masculine face	riot grrl	Star Wars
Manic Street Preachers	Thrown random words at page to create node	Basil Spice	The popularity of boy bands
isolation tank	Great Women	grrl	kawaii
Girls Kick Ass: A Feminist Critique of the New Action Heroine and the Male Gaze	fanzine	Sucellos	DIY
Sidewalk Pinball	Gynecocracy	gynaikokratia	women's issues

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