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Riot Grrrl #28 Halloween Special Thr. 10/29/15 Playlist link Stream WRGP Nina Simone – I Put A Spell On You Florence and the Machine – Howl Siouxsie and the Banshees – Halloween Laverne Baker – Voodoo Voodoo Lydia Lunch – Spooky The Casket Girls – Shadow of a Shadow American Horror Story theme song Karen Elson – The Ghost Who Walks Bat for Lashes – The Wizard Morticia’s Theme Kate Bush – Hammer Horror Sleater-Kinney – Bury Our Friends Emiliana Torrini – White Rabbit Melanie Martinez – Carousel Catherine O’Hara – Sally’s Song Rosemary’s Baby (vocal) Riot Grrrl of the week: MORTICIA ADDAMS

Riot Grrrl of the week:  MORTICIA ADDAMS - Matriarch, Witch and Feminist Queen! Quote: “Wednesday's great-aunt Calpurnia. She was burned as a witch in 1706. They said she danced naked in the town square and enslaved the minister … But don’t worry. We’ve told Wednesday: college first.” HAPPY HALLOWEEN RIOT GHOULS! Articles about Morticia:  https://hellogiggles.com/relationship-goals-the-addams-family/2/ http://www.bustle.com/articles/46694-6-quotes-that-prove-morticia-addams-is-a-feminist-queen-who-has-it-all

Riot Grrrl #27 Hispanic Heritage Edition Thr.10/22/15 Playlist link WRGP stream This is a special episode of Riot Grrrl in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month September 15 through October 15. We're celebrating some of the best female voices in the spanish music industry and some legendary artists. Celia Cruz – La Vida Es Un Carnival (The Queen of Salsa from Cuba) Ximena Sarinana – La Vida No Es Facil (from Guadalajara, Mexico) Aerolineas Federales – Soy Una Punk (from Spain) Juanita y Los Feos – Reina Por Un Dia (from Madrid) Natalia Lafourcade – Hasta la Raiz (from Mexico) Juliera Venegas – Parte Mia (from California) Andrea Echeverri – Baby Blues (lead singer of Aterciopelados from Colombia) Bomba Estereo – Algo Esta Cambiando (from Colombia) Selena – I Could Fall In Love (Queen of Tejano music) Francisca Valenzuela – Peces (American-born Chilean) Volovan – La Luna (from Mexico) Juana Molina – Wed 21 (from Argentina) Fun Fun – Baila Bolero (from Ita

“We are the women our parents warned us against, and we are proud” - Gloria Steinem

Riot Grrrl #26 Thr.10/15/15 Playlist link Stream WRGP Le Tigre – All That Glitters (remix by Rachel Kozak) CSS -Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above Operator Please – Just a Song About Ping Pong Cobra Killer – Good-Time Girl Von Iva – Lala The B-52s – 52 Girls Prototypes – Who’s Gonna Sing The Julie Ruin – Ha Ha Ha Pseudo ft.rabbits feets- Chamber of Reflection The Julie Ruin – Girls Like Us Vive La Fete – Amour Physique Golden Grrrls – Take Your Time You Say Party! We Say Die! – Laura Palmer’s Prom Le Tigre – Cry For Everything Bad That’s Ever Happened ft. Pseudo Cocorose – Lost Girls Riot Grrrl of the Week: Pseud0

Riot Grrrl #25 Thr. 10/8/15 Playlist link Stream WRGP The Corin Tucker Band – Riley PINS – Lost Lost Lost Warpaint – Krimson Summer Twins – Blinds MisterWives – Our Own House Bleachers – Reckless Love ft. Elle King Dog in the Snow – Factory Patti Smith – Pumping (My Heart) Bleached – Love Spells The Pandoras – That’s Your Way Out The Detroit Cobras – Cha Cha Twist Childbirth – Nasty Grrls Pom Poms – Betty Speedy Ortiz – My Dead Girl Patti Smith – Gloria Riot Grrrl of the Week: PATTI SMITH  whose 1975 album Horses changed my life. Her new novel "M Train" is out Oct.6, 2015.

El soñó que iba con los pies descalzos solo iba caminando libre por ahí Imagino y creo su realidad aquí cerquita del mar y fue feliz Vamos a vivir en una casita frente al mar, cuando sea de noche miraremos las estrellas, vamos a intentar hacer nuestros sueños realidad y vivir Y ser feliz  Y ser feliz  Y ser feliz  Es solo lo que siento  Es solo un momento  Es solo lo que siento  Es solo un momento  Es solo  Es solo  Ella lo escribió sobre la arena de la playa  Y se fue volando por el mundo sin parar  Cuando fue encontrando en su interior lo que buscaba  Cerca a mi felicidad  Vamos a vivir en una casita frente al mar, cuando sea de noche miraremos las estrellas, vamos a intentar hacer nuestros sueños realidad y vivir  Y ser feliz  Y ser feliz  Y ser feliz  Es solo lo que siento  Es solo un momento  Es solo lo que siento  Es solo un momento  Es solo  Es solo

Riot Grrrl #24 Thr. 10/1/15 Playlist link Stream WRGP Christine and the Queens – Tilted La Femme -La femme Lonelady – Groove It Out Oh Land – Wolf & I Bleachers ft. Charli XCX -Rollercoaster Natalie Walker – Colorblind Lucius – Two of Us on the Run Thee Headcoatees – Davey Crockett Royston Vasie – Go It Alone Gore Gore Girls – All Grown Up The Delmonas – Comin’ Home Baby Holly Golightly – Seven Wonders Demolition Doll Rods – Get It On The Husbands – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow HINDS – Davey Crockett

Best Coast Live @ Grand Central Miami, FL 9/10/15 We were born with sun in our teeth and in our hair When we get bored we like to sit around, sit around and stare At the mountains, at the birds, at the ocean, at the trees We have fun, we have fun, we have fun when we please We wake up with the sun in our eyes It's no surprise that we get so much done But we always, yes we always, we always have fun Yes we always, yes we always, we always have fun Why would you live anywhere else? Why would you live anywhere else? We've got the ocean, got the babes Got the sun, we've got the waves This is the only place for me

Riot Grrrl #23 Thr. 9/24/15 Playlist link Stream WRGP HINDS – Between Cans (Live) The Corin Tucker Band – Doubt WILD FLAG – Endless Talk Sleater-Kinney – Rollercoaster The Ghost Ease – RAW Fabulous Disaster – Gia Wax Idols – Dead Like You Xray Eyeballs – X St. Vincent – Prince Johnny Florence + the Machine – Which Witch Juana Molina – Un Dia Lady Lamb – Billions of Eyes Tennis – Needle and a Knife Camila Moreno – Delfin del deseo Young Ejecta – Mistress

Riot Grrrl #22 Thr. 9/17/15 Playlist link Stream WRGP HINDS – Garden The Avengers – Teenage Rebel The Lovely Eggs – Don’t Look at Me (I Don’t Like It) The 5.6.7.8’s – Three Coolchicks Sallie Ford – Hey Girl Chastity Belt – Why Try Honeyblood – The Black Cloud Lucy Rose – Till the End Best Coast – When Will I Change Zola Jesus – In Your Nature Julia Holter – Betsy on the Roof Wild Belle – Giving Up On You Weyes Blood – Cardamom Still Corners – Fall Sparrows Tennis – Needle and a Knife Coves – Fall out of Love Highlights: HINDS - Garden This band doesn't even have a full LP out but I'm loving their EPs! I really enjoy watching their live shows because they have so much energy. The Lovely Eggs - Don't Look at Me (I Don't Like It) because of these lyrics"Look at him with his sausage roll thumb, Look at her with her washing line smile, Look at him with his dog dirt eyes" Honeyblood - The Black Cloud Julia Holter - Betsy on the Roof

I'm a firm believer in girl power, girl gangs and solidarity with all people. The reason I started my radio show is because of something Kathleen Hanna said in the early 90s and what she has reiterated recently. The riot grrrl movement is a bigger part of the feminist discussion in where some are reluctant to label themselves as feminist but have the ideals of someone pro-feminist in the idea that they want to be seen as musicians as equally as anyone else and I completely support that. I don't think you have to label yourself or your music as feminist to have your music felt by other people in the vein of something pro-feminist. Music nowadays doesn't have to be be considered 'feminist' to speak about experiences that are marginalized and unrecognized. I want people to listen to big joanie and skinny girl diet in the same way that they would listen to critique bikini kill and girl pool. The reason I started my show, however, was to bring a platform to people t

Riot Grrrl #21 Thr. Sep. 3, 2015 Playlist link Stream WRGP Deap Valley – Woman of Intention HINDS – Davey Crockett SALES – Big Sis Kins – Young I’m A Hex Girl Anna Calvi – Love of My Life Speedy Ortiz – The Graduates Mozart’s Sister – Mozart’s Sister Julia Holter – Feel You Fifth Column – Schizocrush Kero Kero Bonito – Sick Beat Empress Of – How Do You Do It Karen O – NYC Baby Springtime Carnivore – Two Scars Pillars – You Got This Zella Day – Sweet Ophelia Clea Vincent – Chateau perdu Haiku Salut – Hearts Not Parts Highlights: HINDS SALES I'm A Hex Girl Empress Of

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Riot Grrrl #20 Thr. Aug. 27, 2015 Playlist  link Stream  WRGP Bikini Kill – Rebel Girl Kid Wave – Best Friend Bratmobile – In Love With All My Lovers Partyline – Casual Encounters Shoplifting – L.O.V.E Red Aunts – Goin’ Downtown Mika Miko – I Got A Lot (New New New) Frightwig – I Want To Live Courtney Barnett – Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go to the Party HINDS – Chili Town Chelsea Wolfe – Carrion Flowers Warpaint – Feeling Alright (Daughter remix) Blonde Redhead – Elephant Woman Sabina – Viva L’amour Ibeyi – Ghosts Still Corners – The Trip Highlights: Courtney Barnett's new video for "Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go to the Party" because I was actually there at the surprise show where this video was filmed. Courtney blew my mind and it was such a special time for me to be in London and I'm so grateful to have seen this!

I came across this video of four women reading slam poetry and I quickly found myself agreeing to everything they were saying. Feminism was not intended for white women and didn't start out that way. Some of the biggest proponents and the reason third wave feminism really gained momentum was because of women such as bell hooks and Audre Lorde who were not afraid to voice their opinions about the gender inequalities in life. They were brave women, just as these four women are, too. One woman says "Rosie the Riveter did what women have been doing for years" which really struck me. Women have been writing feminist theories and stories for a long time now, but as soon as a white woman raised her voice, she became an instant household icon. In the same manner, Emma Watson gave a speech on feminism and gained international celebrity and recognition for her work. Yet, the same things she said has been written by other women, who happen to be of color. It's clear that

Riot Grrrl #19 Thr. Aug. 6, 2015 Playlist link Stream WRGP The Bombshells – Intro The Bombshells – I Want You Now Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Dudley Coves – Beatings La Luz – You Disappear Potty Mouth – Cherry Picking Dum Dum Girls – Lines Her Eyes Moon Honey – The Two Fridas Vapid – Die Bully – Picture Best Coast – In My Eyes Kid Wave – Gloom Eskimeaux – Broken Necks Sylvan Esso – Coffee Rosy Finch – La Colina Highlights: "You Disappear" by La Luz off their second album produced by Ty Segall! I really enjoy their album cover and overall aesthetic. "The Two Fridas" by Moon Honey . Not sure what to make of this band, but I enjoy their bandcamp website. For each song, they provide lyrics and quotes. For this song , inspired by the one and only Frida Kahlo, they display her quote: "“My blood is the miracle which runs in the vessels of the air from my heart to yours.” "In My Eyes" by Best Coast is off their latest album release titled Calif

T he price of motherhood comes at a great cost. Women are very much at the center of their children's upbringing. It is even more so today, where, according to Ann Crittenden's The Price of Motherhood, "among women in their thirties, by far the most common occupation is full-time housekeeping and caregiving" (17). This article points out many alarming facts about the disparity that involve men and women and children. She is right when she says that raising children has become synonymous for parenting, yet women are the ones who are really doing much of the work. I must concur with this because of my experience in my own family and with my friends'. In fact, one study that Crittenden cites states that, "'despite and overall increase in the relative involvement of fathers, household activities, caring for infants, studying and reading (with children) remain domains in which fathers have a very low relative contribution... when a wife earns more than half

Riot Grrrl #18 Thr. July 30, 2015 Playlist  link Stream  WRGP HINDS - Chili Town The Casket Girls - Same Side PJ Harvey - This is Love The Breeders - No Aloha White Lung - Down with the Monster Free Kitten - Oh Bondage Up Yours Worriers - Yes All Cops Against Me! - Unconditional Love PINS - Molly Feels - I Wished For Butterflies Vivian Girls - John, I'm Only Dying Lady Lamb - Billions of Eyes The Amps - She's a Girl The Coathangers - Love Em and Leave Em Skinny Girl Diet - Trade Your Brains Xray Eyeballs - Egyptian Magician SOAK - Sea Creatures Best Coast - Jealousy Highlights: "Chili Town" by HINDS because I really like their Spanish accent fused with their garage-y feel and the lyrics about a girl just doing whatever she wants, like pretending to flirt with a guy. I've been obsessed with them this whole summer and can't wait for them to release an album! I've recommended them to everyone I know - so good. Their demos are A++

Investing in women is something so simple but so important for the advancement of our society. Women are so vital to the upbringing of children and therefore our future. The article "The Price of Motherhood" by Ann Crittenden clearly demonstrates what a positive impact women can have on society. She claims that research shows that "as women become better educated, they tend to devote more time and attention to their children. Apparently, as women's horizons expand, and their opportunities multiply, their hopes and aspirations for their offspring increase as well. They delay child-bearing, have fewer children, and invest more time and resources in each one. All over the world, across continents and cultures, as women advance, they stop "having babies" and start "raising children" (20). This article is very relevant today because more and more women in the Western world are becoming college graduates and achieving higher level jobs. This artic

Riot Grrrl #17 Thr. July 23, 2015 Playlist:  http://fiusm.com/2015/07/23/riot-grrrl-17/ Sonic Youth – Swimsuit Issue Hop Along – Waitress Screaming Females – High Erase Errata – History of Handclaps The Pack a.d. – Haunt You Dum Dum Girls – Girls Intuition Emily Gold – Cyanide Lollipop Vivian Girls – Take It As It Comes Free Kitten – Top 40 Alessia Cara – Here The Staves – No Me, No You, No More Natalie Prass – Why Don’t You Believe In Me Kristian Diable – Time Will Wait Girlpool – I Like That You Can See It Frankie Cosmos – Owen Peach Kelli Pop – Shampoo Globelamp – Sunflowers Highlights: "Swimsuit Issue" by Sonic Youth. Probably one of my favorite Sonic Youth songs because Kim Gordon absolutely kills it. Love the lyrics that address unwanted harassment: "Don't touch my breast I'm just working at my desk. Don't put me to the test I'm just doing my best" "Cyanide Lolipop" by Emily Gold because I like the contrast o

Heteronormativity is something pervasive and evident in every aspect of our daily lives. The piece titled "The Straight Mind" by Monique Witting explains how heteronormativity can be oppressive to is embedded to our lives ever since we are children and how people who do not subscribe to said ideals can feel threatened by them. This piece has been personally one of the most helpful to read because the language was very clear and persuasive about how we should not subscribe to ideals that have been placed in society from centuries ago. In the twenty-first century, it is clear that gender is a social construct and this should be more clear in our society. Of course, this is easier said then done, but it is becoming more apparent, especially with more academic and scientific research. There are so many examples that I can think of that encourage heteronormativity from a very young age and this can potentially dominate other ways of thinking for the future. For instance, every mo

Riot Grrrl #16 Thr. Jul 16, 2015 Thursdays 5-6pm EST riot grrrl era/feminist punk/female fronted music Servilia -War on Women Worriers - Plans Potty Mouth - Sleep Talk The Donnas - Dancing with Myself Dum Dum Girls - Bhang, Bhang, I'm a Burnout Colornoise - Amalie Grass Widow - To Where Nadine Shah - The Gin One Waxahatchee - Breathless Gal Pals - Dumbheaed Makthaverskan - Witness WILD FLAG - Something Came Over Me Diet Cig - Pool Boyz Kate Tempest - Lonely Daze Super Wild Horses - Mess Around Eternal Summers - Together or Alone Highlights: "Dancing with Myself" by The Donnas. This song is a classic and so much fun to listen to and sing along with. Note to self: play more of The Donnas because they are such riot grrrls and you can definitely hear some attitude in this song. "Bhang Bhang I'm a Burnout" by the Dum Dum Girls. Even though I feel like I play them so much on my show, they are totally worth it because each song is a gem

Homophobia is, unfortunately, prevalent in many aspects of today's society. As Patrick Hopkins explains in his article "Gender Treachery," it is because "homosexuality is often viewed as a threat to a man's sense of self-his personhood" (129). This is common with many people because if someone encounters something they don't understand or prescribe to, they tend to feel threatened. Many people tend to run away from what they fear. This has permeated into culture that demonizes the LGBTQA community. Many people resort to bullying, name calling of people they deem as 'other' or non heterosexual. Hopkins mentions some ways that he was bullied in school, with the word 'girl.' He claims, "'Girl', like these other terms, signifies a failure of masculinity, a failure of living up to a gendered standard of behavior, and a gendered standard of identity" (130). This statement shows how negative femininity is viewed in society. Ho

Riot Grrrl #15 Thr. July 9, 2015 Link to playlist Link to stream Downtown Boys - Monstro Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight Thee Tsunamis - Female Trouble Sleater Kinney - #1 Must Have Liz Phair - Girls! Girls! Girls! Ex Hex - How You Got that Girl Sky Ferreira - Ain't Your Right Shana Cleveland & The Sandcastles Elle King - American Girl (cover) Bully - Too Tough Chastity Belt - Time to Go Home Soko - Bad Poetry Colleen Green - Deeper than Love Waxahatchee - Breathless Meg Myers - Sorry Highlights:  "Monstro" by Downtown Boys is such a good and unapologetic song about feminism: "Today we will scream at the top of our lungs that we are brown, that we are smart!" The singer, Victoria Ruiz does just that - screaming, sometimes in Spanish, and celebrating herself, her body and her intelligence.  "Don't Wanna Fight"by Alabama Shakes because Brittany Howard's voice shinesin this song! "Female Trouble" by T

As any female can tell you, beauty standards imposed on women are apparent in every area of society. From the food you buy at your grocery store to the clothes you wear and the shows you watch. This is not anything new, in fact, these messages are ingrained to our everyday thoughts. In fact, Susan Bordo has thoroughly explained the history of the way that beauty has been perceived throughout the decades and how it has, in fact, changed several times. For example, Bordo claims "the bulging stomachs of successful mid-nineteenth-century businessmen and politicians were a symbol of bourgeois success, an outward manifestation of their accumulated wealth... the ideal began to be appropriated by the status-seeking middle class, as slender wives became the showpieces of their husbands' success." Unfortunately, the idea that being slender is good has been perpetuated much too often in society. Society's image of beautiful has translated to slender bodies, but it does not equa

Riot Grrrl #14 Thr. July 2, 2015 Thursdays 5-6pm Riot grrrl era/feminist punk/female fronted music Link to playlist: http://fiusm.com/2015/07/02/riot-grrrl-14/ Link to stream: http://fiusm.com/wrgp Skating Polly - Intro Wolf Alice - Silk Grass Widow - Goldilocks Zone Gothic Tropic - Flash Dance Brilliant Colors - Absolutely Anything Allo Darlin' - If Loneliness was Art Cayetana - Dirty Laundry God Help the Girl - God Help the Girl soundtrack Teen - All the Same Laura Marling - Warrior AURORA - Little Boy in the Grass Little May - Boardwalks Empress of - Tristeza Xenia Rubinos - Help Honeyblood - Killer Bangs Elle King - America's Sweetheart Highlights: I really enjoyed playing Wolf Alice because I'm obsessed with their debut albumMy Love is Cool. It's really fun to listen to & "Bros" is probably one of my favorite tracks of the summer. Allo Darlin' is a new band I recently discovered. I chose this song because I thought the tit

Sexual crimes are a huge problem on Native American reservations, where nearly 40 percent of women report they have experienced some type of domestic violence. And an estimated 80 percent of Native American rape survivors say they were assaulted by non-Indian men, since the current legal system essentially empowers serial rapists who know they can get away with it. - A Historic Turning Point Reading Andrea Smith's article titled "Sexual Violence as a tool of Genocide" was very powerful for me to read. It was so useful to read the history behind violence and how people have grown accustomed to seeing such acts of violence in media yet are afraid to talk about it in the home. Seeing these cases in movies about colored women (think Tyler Perry movies) has brought these topics to mainstream attention. Despite these movies focusing on colored stereotypes, I still think this topic should be brought up in new forms of art. What really stood out to me was Smith's quo

Riot Grrrl #13 Thr. June 25, 2015 Thursdays 5-6pm Riot grrrl era/feminist punk/female fronted music Wolf Alice - Fluffy Marmozets - Why Do You Hate Me? Against Me! - True Trans Soul Rebel The Shondes - The Garden Autoclave - Dr.Seuss Ida Maria - Oh My God Twin River - Secret In A Seance Gin Wigmore - Written in the Water Dirty Ghosts - Shout It In Girlpool - Cherry picking Fat Creeps - Nancy Drew The Duke Spirit - Bodies Marnie Stern  - proof of life Torres - New Skin Fka Twigs - Water Me Highlights: Against Me! : Because it's time to celebrate amazing trans artists in music, like Laura Jane Grace, and this album has been really eye-opening for me. The album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues deals with Grace's journey with gender dysphoria and is something I haven't heard much about before, so this is a really interesting and personal take. Girlpool : If you know me, you know I looooove girlpool. Their debut album has some