riot grrrl ramblings

Miami had a great turn out at the Anti-Trump protest in Downtown. There was such a great display of people of all ages and backgrounds. The man who demeans women, insults people who are differently abled and has no regard for people unlike him does not represent me. 

Visiting L.A. for a few days turned out to be one of the coolest nights of my life because I got to dance onstage with one of my favorite bands - HINDS ! I had originally planned to explore the city but I saw that the girls were playing right were I was staying for a bit and just like that I bought a ticket to see them that night. I was taken away by the passion and energy they omitted and how synchronized they all were. I got to say hi to them after the show and they were absolutely lovely and I'd highly recommend seeing them in a city near you. It was a show I'd love to relive again and again. #VivaHinds photo from April 2016

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I’m so happy to accept this! Thank you to everyone who has joined me on this journey of discovering new riot grrrls, delving into new feminisms and important messages through music. And I highly encourage everyone & future DJs to make the effort to go out and do something that you believe in; make music, make art, support your girlfriends because your thoughts are important! Doing Riot Grrrl has not been easy and I’ve done a lot of research but that has definitely paid off! Love you all and support your local riot grrrls: “BECAUSE I believe with my wholeheartmindbody that girls constitute a revolutionary soul force that can, and will change the world for real."

Rineke Dijkstra is a Dutch artist interested in photographing subjects in new and profound ways. She is one of the main artists I decided to research because of the amount of photographs she made that focused on women of all different types of ages, sizes and races. In this sense, her artwork is a feminist act in which she showcases women as they are, without any sense of commodification, oversexualization or expectations placed on them. Feminism is about accepting people as they are, without seeing any one person as better. In this piece, the subject is a female dressed in a black bathing suit, with an anklet on, her medium length dark hair. The artist does not reveal much, but at the same time, she reveals the girl’s self consciousness in the way that she is posed. In this series, the people are gazing directly at the audience. These young subjects are almost bare, showing themselves to the audience. It seems as though there is no camera in front of them. There is nothing in between

Ana Mendieta’s works are ethereal combinations of body, nature and the relationships that we have with the Earth. She has created many feminist pieces that further relate to womenand their connection with the Earth and others. One of the most poignant and feminist art pieces that I came across in my research was Ana Mendieta’s Untitled (Rape Scene) which was a response to a rape case that occurred in the Iowan university campus she attended. According to the Tate it was a: Response to a brutal and highly publicized rape and murder of a nursing student, Sara Ann Otten, by another student in March 1973. The following month Mendieta invited her fellow students to her apartment where, through a door left purposefully ajar, they found her in the position recorded in this photograph, which recreated the scene as reported in the press. Some time later, Mendieta recalled that her audience ‘all sat down, and started talking about it. I didn’t move. I stayed in position about an hour. It rea

04/27/16 playlist LINK stream WRGP A special playlist celebrating my LAST show on air!! s/o to everyone who has tuned in & supported <3 Childbirth – Women’s Rights Courtney Barnett – Are You Looking After Yourself HINDS – Chili Town Girlpool – Before The World Was Big SALES – Big Sis Mr Twin Sister – I Want A House Chastity Belt – Time To Go Home Julia Holter – How Long? St. Vincent – Just The Same But Brand New Tennis – Petition Daughter – To Belong Lykke Li – Little Bit Sucre – Young and Free Peach Kelli Pop – Heart Eyes Upset – Glass Ceiling CocoRosie – God Has a Voice, She Speaks Through Me Koko Beware – Devil In His Heart Penny & The Quarters – You and Me Viudas E Hijas De Roque Enroll – Lollipop Tegan and Sara – Goodbye, Goodbye Alvvays – Archie, Marry Me Le Tigre – Mediocrity Rules (Live) Honeyblood – Super Rat Wolf Alice – Bros Swell Season – Falling Slowly Aerolineas Federales – Soy Una Punk Jeanette – Corazón de Poeta tUnE-yAr

04/19/16 playlist LINK stream WRGP A special playlist celebrating my penultimate show on air!! The Julie Ruin – I Decide Savages -T.I.W.Y.G Bleached – I’m All Over the Place Colleen Green – Things that Are Bad For Me (Part 1) Wet – Don’t Wanna Be Your Girl Babes – ATMO Belle Mare – Dark Of My Evening Sofie Winterson – I Only Wanted You Gracie and Rachel – Go Eskimeaux – Power Violents – Blush Sales – Vow The Jensens – Sick Sad World Loveletting – This World The Tontons – Pony Sara Hartman – Monster Lead Me Home Emily Wells- Mama’s Gonna Give You Love Speedy Ortiz – Pioneer Spine Ex Hex – Radio On Chastity Belt – IDC Tacocat – Dana Katherine Scully Lucy Dacus – I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore The Prettiots – Move to LA Sweet Spirit – Take Me To A Party Molly Nilsson – I Hope You Die Potty Mouth – The Bomb Chastity Belt – Drone WALL – Cuban Cigars The Beverlys – Kissing with Braces Sleater-Kinney – Hey Darling The Coathangers – Excuse Me? DILLY DALLY – I

04/12/16 playlist LINK stream WRGP A special playlist celebrating rad songs by riot grrrls from some fantastic films. Lesley Gore – You Don’t Own Me from First Wives Club Doris Day – Que Sera, Sera from Girl, Interrupted, Heathers Judy Garland – Over the Rainbow from the Wizard of Oz Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire – S’ Wonderful from Funny Face Carol Channing – Before the Parade Passes By from Hello, Dolly! The Supremes – The Shoop Shoop Song from Mermaids Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer from My Best Friend’s Wedding Dusty Springfield – Son of A Preacher Man from Pulp Fiction The Mamas & The Papas – Got A Feelin’ from Girl, Interrupted Sisters are Doing It For Themselves from the First Wives Club Patti Labelle – Lady Marmalde from Moulin Rouge Aretha Franklin – Respect from Two Weeks Notice Irene Cara – Flash Dance What A Feeling from Flash Dance Madonna – Like A Prayer from Never Been Kissed Frou Frou – Let Go from Garden State Dolly Parton – 9 to 5 fro

04/05/16 playlist LINK stream WRGP A special playlist celebrating a riot grrrl's multi-faceted identity. The Beas – International Girl Best Coast – Fear of My Identity Huxlee – 22 Angus & Julia Stone – Santa Monica Dream SALES – Ivy Banks – Before I Ever Met You Melanie Martinez – Dollhouse Honeybee – Hey Girls Leighton Meester – L.A. Grimes – California Marina and the Diamonds – I Am Not a Robot Eurythmics – Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves Habibi – Sunsets The Rounder Girls – Respect Me Kim Carnes – Betty Davis Eyes Sylvan Esso – Hey Mami La Luz – Hey Papi Ximena Sariñana – Different April March – Chick Habit Shipa Ray – Pop Song for Euthanasia Kera & the Lesbians – Nailbiter Amy O – Hurricane HINDS – I’ll Be Your Man Dark Dark Dark – Something For Myself The Runaways – Hollywood Lucy Dacus – Green Eyes, Red Face The Prettiots – Hope Yr Happy Babes in Toyland – Hello The Runaways – Rock N Roll

Are you Sporty, Scary, Baby, Posh, Ginger or neither? Tune in to celebrate different identities & girl power!

playlist LINK stream WRGP A special playlist celebrating Angela Davis &  dissent: hold or express opinions that are at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially expressed. Sylvan Esso – Coffee amiina – Hili (At The Top of The World) Lucius – Wildewoman AURORA – Life on Mars Angela Davis – Targeting Women Birdy – Keeping Your Head Up amiina – Glamur Laurie Anderson – The Lake Middle of the Bed – Lucy Rose Nicole Dollanganger – Phantom Pains jennylee- White Devil Jessy Lanza – VV Voilence Mitski – Francis Forever Diet Cig – Harvard Palehound – Pet Carrot The Flirtations – Nothing But A Heartache Mothers – Hold Your Own Hand Angela Davis – Making a Difference Julie Ruin – Blueberry Island Alvvays – Party Police Huxlee – 22 Courtney Barnett – Three Packs a Day Chastity Belt – Black Sail HINDS – Fat Calmed Kiddos Free Kitten – Top 40 Angela Davis – On Becoming an Activist Sleater-Kinney – Was It a Lie? Braids – Little Hand Mitski – Your B

riot grrrl of the week: ANGELA DAVIS

playlist LINK stream WRGP A special playlist for World Poetry Day 2016. I tried make a seamless & smooth transition of poems + songs! Celebrate women writers and musicians. Maya Angelou read by Ruby Dee – Phenomenal Woman Empress Of – Woman is a Word Elizabeth Barrett Browning read by Stella Gonet – How Do I Love Thee Echosmith – Tell Her You Love Her Edna St. Vincent Millay – Love Is Not All Nina Simone – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free Still Corners – Don’t Fall In Love Ella Wheeler Wilcox read by Meryl Streep – Solitude Dream Wife – Hey Heartbreaker Gertrude Stein – If I Told Him Tei Shi – See Me Elizabeth Bishop – The Fish Poema – Forget You in L.A. Emily Bronte read by Eva Karpf – How Clear She Shines Woman’s Hour – In Stillness We Remain Au Revoir Simone – Love You Don’t Know Me Maya Angelou – Come and Be My Baby Summer Camp – Learn to Love Yourself Nikki Giovanni read by Amber Rose Johnson – Walking Down Park Varsity – So Sad, So Sad Em

Phenomenal Woman BY MAYA ANGELOU Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms, The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me. I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees. Then they swarm around me, A hive of honey bees. I say, It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me. Men themselves have wondered What they see in me. They try so much But they can’t touch My inner mystery. When I try to show them, They say they still can’t see. I say, It’s in the arch of my back, The sun of my smile, The ride of my breasts, The grace of my style. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomena

playlist link stream WRGP A special playlist for International Women's Day. I tried to showcase women from (almost) every continent celebrating womanhood and sisters from around the world. Queen Latifah – U.N.I.T.Y. Ana Bacalhu – One Woman Becca – African Woman Nina Simone – Revolution (pts.1-2) Sister Carol – International Style Lady Saw – No Less Than a Woman (Infertility) Santigold – Can’t Get Enough of Myself M.I.A. – Bad Girls Alabama Shakes – Don’t Wanna Fight GRIMES – Dream Fortress Aerolinas Federales – Soy Una Punk Adee – Woman La India – Llego la India Viuda E Hijas De Roque Enroll – Los Amo a Todos Shakira – Se Quiere, Se Mata Bikini Kill – Rebel Girl Bjork – Human Behavior HINDS – San Diego Neneh Cherry – Woman Kate Bush – This Woman’s Work Cyndi Lauper – Sally’s Piegons Fleetwood Mac – Sara St. Vincent – Prince Johnny Cocteau Twins – Lorelei London Grammar – If You Wait Shampoo – Don’t Call Me Babe Patti Smith – People Have the Power Ani

It’s International Women’s Day today so you should tune in to Riot Grrrl from 6-8pm . We are highlighting women artists from all around the world and celebrating womanhood! This week’s riot grrrl is BARBARA KRUGER.  Kruger’s artwork has a firm basis in social, cultural, and political critique. She juxtaposes imagery with text containing criticism of sexism/misogyny and cultural power structures. Much of her text questions the viewer about feminism, classicism, consumerism, and individual autonomy and desire.

03/01/16 playlist link stream WRGP A special playlist celebrating Women’s History Month, nature & art! Assata Shakur – My Beliefs LION BABE – Wonder Woman Shirley Chrisholm – speech from 1972 Solange – Bad Girls (Verdine Version) TLC – Waterfalls Maipei – Don’t Wait Edna St. Vincent Milay – City Trees Eisley – The Valley Retsin – Big Song Girlpool – Plants and Worms Mothers – No Crying in Baseball Courtney Barnett – Small Poppies Bjork – Black Lake Zola Jesus – Sea Talk Ibeyi – River Madame S0 – Let’s Dance (David Bowie cover) ** Le Tigre – My Art Julee Cruise – The Art of Being a Girl Allie – Tundra Waxahatchee – Under a Rock Now, Now – Wolf Tracy Bonham – Mother, Mother HINDS – Garden Koko Beware – Beach Babe Violent Mae – In the Sun PJ Harvey – Down By The Water Janis Joplin – Half Moon Heart – Sunflower Sylvia Plath – Green Rock, Winthrop Bay Joni Mitchell – California

Hannah Wilke by Evelyne Zapata Self Portraiture; self-preservation and sensuality. These terms are all relevant to the well-known feminist Hannah Wilke’s art work. Throughout her short life, she presented herself in several settings all with one thing in common - they represent a sense of preservation for her and women in general. “Wilke used the various mediums of photography, performance, sculpture, and video to examine and challenge prevailing notions of femininity, feminism, and sexuality” (Guggenheim). “Hannah Wilke was an influential second-generation feminist artist whose work in sculpture and performance art challenged gender stereotypes and probed the relationship between aesthetics, eroticism, and politics. Wilke began her career as a sculptor, creating pieces in clay and terracotta that evoke both organic forms and female genitalia, a symbol of women’s empowerment in the 1970s” (Princeton Art Museum). One of the earliest works that Wilke made was when she was in her

Riot Grrrl #42 2/23/16 Tuesdays 6-8pm stream WRGP playlist link A special playlist dedicated to riot grrrls singing cover songs Le Tigre – I’m So Excited (Pointer Sisters cover) Siouxsie and the Banshees – Dear Prudence (Beatles cover) MO – Say You’ll Be There (Spice Girls cover) Elle King – American Girl (Tom Petty cover) Best Coast – Rhiannon (Stevie Nicks cover) Lily Allen – Somewhere Only We Know (Keane cover) Ingrid Michaelson – Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley cover) Nina Simone – Just Like A Woman (Bob Dylan cover) Mr Little Jeans – Single Ladies (Beyonce cover) Lykke Li – Hold On We’re Going Home (Drake cover) Anya Marina – Whatever You Like (T.I. cover) Pixie Lott – Use Somebody (Kings of Leon cover) First Aid Kit – America (Simon and Garfunkel cover) Daniela Andrade – Telegraph Ave/Sober (Childish Gambino cover) CocoRosie – Surfer Girl (Beach Boys cover) Cat Power – I Found a Reason (Velvet Underground cover) Mr Little Jeans – The Suburbs (Arcade

Riot Grrrl #41 2/16/16 Tuesdays 6-8pm stream WRGP playlist link A special playlist dedicated to songs about love & self empowerment by black women in honor of black HERstory month! Queen Latifah – Ladies First Celia Cruz – Yo Vivire (I Will Survive) Queen Latifah – U.N.I.T.Y India.Arie. – Brown Skin The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go Beyonce – At Last (Etta James cover) Nina Simone – Four Women Billie Holiday – I’m a Fool to Want You Ella Fitzgerald – I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) Dinah Washington – Cry Me a River Sarah Vaughan – I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But the Blues (Duke Ellington cover) Jo Ann Garrett – One Woman Victoria Spivey – I Ain’t Gonna Let You See My Santa Claus Katie Webster – Never Let Me Go Big Maybelle – Don’t Pass Me By Shemeika Copeland – Whole Lotta Water Koko Taylor – I’m a Woman Shirley Horn – Hit the Road Jack Chaka Khan ft. Mary J.Blige – Disrespectful Emeli Sande – My Kind of Love Beyonce – You Don’t Love Me, No No No Quee

Riot Grrrl #40  2/9/16 stream WRGP playlist link A special playlist dedicated to Black HERstory Month and the women of doo wop groups Big Mama Thorton – Hound Dog The Chantels – Maybe The Supremes – Any Girl In Love ( Knows What I’m Going Through) The Shirelles – Will You Love Me Tomorrow Patti Labelle and the Bluebells- Unchained Melody Lillian Leach & the Mellows – I’m Yours Patti LaBelle(1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days – The Chantels – C’est si bon Betty Everett – You’re No Good Bessie Banks – Go Now The Chantels – I’m the Girl Patti Labelle and the Bluebells – Over the Rainbow The Bobbettes – Mr. Lee The Marvelettes – The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game Martha Reeves & the Vandellas – Dancing In The Street The Chiffons – One Fine Day The Bobbettes – My Mamma Said The Exciters – Tell Him The Supremes – Come See About Me David Sigler – Conquer the World Together The Velvelettes – Needle In A Haystack The Marvelettes – T00 Many Fish In The Sea The

Riot Grrrl #39 2/2/16 stream WRGP playlist link A special playlist dedicated to celebrating black women in music Aaliyah – Intro TLC – Depend on Myself Big Joanie – No Scrubs (TLC cover) Banks – Are You That Somebody (Aaliyah cover) Noisettes – Sister Rosetta Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Strange Things Happen Everyday The Francettes – He’s so Sweet The Supremes -Yesterday (Beatles cover) Ike & Tina Turner – Get Back (Beatles cover) Aretha Franklin – Young, Gifted and Black Nina Simone – To Be Young, Gifted and Black Nina Simone – Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair Ms. Lauryn Hill – Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair Betty Davis – They Say I’m Different Mother’s Finest – Watch My Stylin’ Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls PHOX – Laura Kimya Dawson – So Nice So Smart Peter and Kerry – Half Empty Grace Jones – La vie en rose Stiffed – Your Voice Santigold – I’m A Lady Trash Kit – Shyness ESG – U.F.O Tamar-Kali – Your Girl Macy Gray – I’m in Bet

Riot Grrrl #38 1/26/16 playlist link stream WRGP A special playlist dedicated to Virginia Woolf & Dana Scully Virginia Woolf – Blue & Green Chelsea Wolfe – Virginia Woolf Underwater Celia Johnson reading Virginia Woolf – Words Dala – Virginia Woolf Warpaint – Ashes to Ashes Lykke Li – I Never Learn Eisley – Deep Space Hinds - Solar Mark Snow – X files theme song Ella Fitzgerald – Two Little Men In A Flying Saucer London Grammar – If You Wait Soko – I Thought I Was an Alien Keira Knightly – Lost Stars Blondie – Rapture Peach Kelli Pop – New Moon Spice Girls – Outer Space Girls Cibo Matto – 10th Floor Ghost Girl Gaze – Static Waxahatchee – Half Moon Sia – Moon Angel Olsen – Lonely Universe Fiona Apple – Across the Universe Alvvays – Red Planet The Space Lady – Major Tom Echobelly – Gravity Pulls be your own PET – Black Hole Cub – Little Star Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Art Star

Riot Grrrl #37 1/19/16 playlist  link stream  WRGP A special playlist for anyone who is a fan of music made by Mexican/Chicana woman.Today we focus on Chicana women and the importance of feminism in this culture. Natalia Lafourcade – Mujer Divina Ximena Sarinana – Fiesta forEver Selena – God’s Child (Baila Conmigo) Ruido Rosa – Miedo a Caer Jefes Del Desierto – Flor Y Pondio el Colibri Volovan – Monitor Ely Guerra – Quiereme Mucho Sidecars – Los amantes Julieta Venegas – Explosion Selena – Disco Medley – Live/1995 Natalia Lafourcade – Lo Que Construimos Ely Guerra – Ojos Claros, Labios Rosas Bomba Estereo – Algo Esta Cambiando Jefes del Desierto – La Historia de la Luna Ximena Sarinana – Juntos por Siempre Natalia Lafourcade – No Mas Lllorar Olivia Blu – Loose Womyn Kumbia Queers – Celosa Paty Cantu – Suerte Ximena Sarinana – La vida no es facil Natalia Lafourcade – Mi Lugar Favorito Juanita y Los Feos – Reina Por Un Dia Juana Molina – Wed 21 Paty Cantu

Riot Grrrl #36 1/12/16 Playlist link Stream WRGP A special playlist for a girl gang adventure inspired by  Amelia Earhart ; the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean & advocated for women's education & rights! Amelia Earhart – On the Future of Women in Flying Heather Eatman – The Amelia Earhart Waltz Freakwater – Amelia Earhart Kathy Kallick – Amelia Earharts Last Flight Lykke Li – I Know Places London Grammar – High Life Joy Williams – Welcome Home Laura Marling – I Was an Eagle Lucy Rose – Place Oh Wonder – Drive Hearts – Wings MS MR – No Trace Regina Spektor – Small Town Moon Marina and the Diamonds – Hollywood Pale Honey – Desert Lykke Li – Hold On, We’re Going Home Karen O – NYC Baby La Sera – Kiss This Town Away Mitski – Last Words of A Shooting Star La Sera – Running Wild Kilo Tango – East Coast Girl Honeyblood – (I’d Rather Be) Anywhere But Here Kate Nash – Take Me To A Higher Plane Hole – Miss World La Luz – Don’t Wanna

Amelia Earhart: What We Can Learn From The Feminist Icon  by Amanda Chatel January 11, 1935 – Amelia Earhart makes the first solo flight from Hawaii to North America

Riot Grrrl #35 Tue. 1/5/16 Playlist  link Stream  WRGP A special playlist about radical softness: emotional vulnerability by women "BECAUSE we want and need to encourage and be encouraged in the face of all our own insecurities, in the face of beergutboyrock that tells us we can't play our instruments, in the face of "authorities" who say our bands/zines/etc are the worst in the US" - Riot Grrrl manifesto Nicole Dollanganger – You’re So Cool Cherry Glazerr – Teenage Girl Nicole Dollanganger – Poacher’s Pride Frankie Cosmos – Young Girlpool – Ideal World Eskineaux – Bigly, Small and Underheard Waxahatchee – La Loose First Aid Kit – New Year’s Eve Alvvays – Red Planet Skating Polly – Aging Lyyke Li – Sadness is a Blessing Lucy Rose – Gamble Grimes – Vanessa Beach House – New Year Laura Marling – Ghosts Angel Olsen – Lonely Universe Zora Neale Hurston – There Stands a Bluebird Kate Nash – Fri-End? Sales – Chinese New Year Colleen Green

One of many riot grrrls of the week. Tune in Tuesdays 6-8PM EST. Only on WRGP

JANUARY 5, 2016   FIRST SHOW OF THE NEW YEAR! NEW DATE!  NEW TIME! TUESDAYS 6-8PM EST get ready to get your mind blown by amazing riot grrrls of the week  and the theme of radical softness!! Here's one of the first patches I ever made!