Riot Girls

I was in my writing class last night and someone mentioned Riot Girls in class. I wasn't sure what they were and they couldnt give me a good definition in class. So I am asking, who are/were they. Any General information would be helpful and pics too.

Thanks

oh man. . . .I didn't know about the Good Charlotte thing


. .that's really funny

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_grrl

Hot.

L7 was totally sweet.

oh wow. I haven't thought about the riot girl scene in ages, totally spaced out on it.

Prime examples are Bikini Kill, Sleater Kenney, Le Tigre, stuff like that?

That pisses me off.

haha that good charlotte thing is hilarious.
i hope kathleen hannah is rolling over in her grave

Aparently they are super heros....

Yeah.. it looks like Good Charlottes really down with the Riot Grrls...

Fucking asshats..

incriminating evidence courtesy of alyk

Yeah, if by "really funny" you mean "insanely stupid." :p

Also "an insult and absolute mockery of all that 'riot grrl', and, by extension, punk rock, ever meant."

riot grrl was a fad, comparing it to punk rock is a bit much

By the same criteria by which you just judged 'riot grrl', punk was a "fad" too.

The good charlotte thing is news to me and made me throw up a little.

And it wasn't a fad, it was labeling, much like labeling punk as punk, but I'm not gonna debate it, too much. Besides, there is way too much good music associated with the whole thing to totally dismiss it as a simple fad, but whatever.

Also, just out of curiousity, what exactly was the context in which they were brought up in your class?

yea but punk wasnt lame.
and more importantly, punk had a huge impact on almost all music that came afterwards

the girl in the story was described as a riot girl. Nothing more.

I would expect no less from Good Charlotte

Huggy Bear, Heavens to Betsy, Excuse 17, Team Dresch?

I was obsessed with the stuff as a teenager, and now I can't stand most of it. What happened?

same here
I can only listen to Team Dresch and Ex 17 and Sleater Kinney anymore

yeah. i feel you. i still like Bikini Kill and Team Dresch. in small doses, of course.

My sister loved and then loathed it, I think that is a general pattern...

Music was the medium, but not the message.