This thesis examines the evolution of feminist praxis within the riot grrrl movement, focusing on two specific riot grrrl demographics - founding riot grrrls in the early 1990s and currently active riot grrrls in southern California. This thesis argues that riot grrrl activism is still thriving but in diverse, strategically modified ways. Using José Muñoz’s concept of “disidentification,” it analyzes how contemporary riot grrrls have appropriated and adapted the original movement’s tenets to allow for greater accessibility and diversity.

Orientador: Maria Suely Kofes / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T23:17:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Camargo_MichelleAlcantarade_M.pdf: 6248732 bytes, checksum: 56a5a0af8521170ace87098b58ebaa14 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: Esta dissertação tem o objetivo de construir uma interpretação do processo pelo qual se construiu o estilo das minas do rock, no período de 1995 a 2008, expresso no espaço público, por meio de shows, oficinas e produção de fanzines de papel. As minas do rock, tem um feminismo polifônico como tema central de seu estilo, que se constrói por meio da escrita de fanzines, do comportamento e da estética corporal. Com o transcorrer deste processo, há uma redução da capacidade deste estilo em produzir interferências na cena do underground paulistana, denominado nesta dissertação de deffusion em que o estilo das minas do rock passa a ser um estilo consumido em shows e festas. / Abstract: This thesis aims to offer an interpretation of the process by which the minas do rock ("rock chicks") style is built, during the period of 1995 to 2008, expressed in the public space, by means of concerts, workshops and fanzines de papel ("paper fanzines"). The minas do rock have a polyphonic feminism as a central theme of their style, which is constructed throughout the fanzines writing craft, their behavior and their body aesthetics. In this process, there is a decrease of the capacity that this style has to interfere in São Paulo's underground scene, here named as deffusion, and the minas do rock style becomes a style consumed in concerts and parties. / Mestrado / Identidades e Diferenças / Mestre em Antropologia Social

Riot Grrrl, Girls Rock camps and Ladyfest as social movements act as intermediaries in cultural production spaces, where music focused artefacts are made, collaborations forged, distribution networks established and reception practices enacted to create new conventions which can be understood as feminist art worlds. The growing literature on gender and cultural production, particularly in music communities such as Riot Grrrl, frequently speak of networks in qualitative narrative terms and very little is known about Ladyfest as a feminist movement and as a distribution network. This thesis offers an original contribution to cultural sociology by: employing a novel participatory action research approach to gathering social network data on translocal feminist music based cultural organisations; exploring how these networks can challenge a gendered political economy of cultural production in music worlds; understanding who participates and why; investigating how network structures impact the personal relationships, participation and collaboration opportunities for those involved. Engaging with Howard Becker’s Art Worlds theory as a framework, this thesis explores how music and art by women is produced, distributed and received by translocal networks. It takes into account contemporary issues for feminist music-based communities as well as the historical and international context of these overlapping and developing social movements. The literature suggests that one of the most pressing tasks for a sociology of the arts is to understand how organisational structures negotiate the domains of production, distribution and reception, with distribution modes being the most the most under-researched of the three. By focusing on UK Ladyfest festivals as case study sites, this research serves to address these gaps. Primary data sources include on-line social media, surveys, documents, focus groups and multi-mediainterviews. Findings indicate that those involved with Ladyfest tend to be motivated by a desire to challenge gender inequalities at a local level whilst drawing on local and international movements spanning different time periods and drawing on the works of feminist musicians. Homophily and heterophily both have important roles to play in the longitudinal development of Ladyfest networks. Participants show an awareness of intersecting inequalities such as ethnicity, class and disability with sexuality playing an important underlying role for the development of relationships within the networks. For some, Ladyfest involvement is a gateway into feminist activism and wider social and cultural participation, and for many it leads to lasting friendships and new collaborative artbased ties.

In den 1990er Jahren äußern sich Akteurinnen der feministischen Bewegung der Riot Grrrls insbesondere über multimedial gestaltete Zines und Flyer. Die 2009 initiierte Fales Riot Grrrl Collection an der New York University, die größtenteils aus persönlichen Archiven von Protagonistinnen der Bewegung besteht, macht die Druckerzeugnisse, die in geringen Auflagen und lokal begrenzt publiziert wurden, erneut zugänglich. Mein Beitrag untersucht anhand der Buchpublikation The Riot Grrrl Collection (2013) und in einem Interview mit der Herausgeberin und Archivarin Lisa Darms das spannungsgeladene Wechselverhältnis zwischen einer explizit für die Gegenwart bestimmten, flüchtigen Produktion und der intensiven Sammeltätigkeit dieser Druckerzeugnisse, auch durch die Produzentinnen selbst. In welchem Zusammenhang steht dies zu Sammelaktivitäten von Fans? Und inwieweit löst die Publikation der Zines genau diese Grenzen zwischen Künstlerinnen und Rezipientinnen / Fans in einer kulturellen Bewegung auf? Wie werden die Druckerzeugnisse in der Riot Grrrl Collection und der Buchpublikation heute kontextualisiert und neu produktiv gemacht?

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As with women journalists in other male-dominated fields, female music writers have long endured gendered harassment. In the newsroom, this sexist treatment is foisted upon female music journalists by their male editors and colleagues; in the outside world, it often occurs at the hands of male sources, readers, and online trolls. Unfortunately, the victims of such abuse are frequently left to cope with it alone, and many report that their mental health suffers in the process. Some may even ultimately decide to quit pursuing music journalism entirely. These women report wanting to feel more supported within their work environment, as well as through informal means, such as via a network of fellow female writers. Feminist media theory, utilitarianism, and ethics of care will serve as the study's theoretical bases. This research, based on in-depth interviews with women music journalists, suggests that the vast majority of participants had faced sexism and/or gendered harassment during their time as a female music journalist, experiences that left many of them feeling frustrated and devalued. Based on the research, I offer recommendations on how to make the industry more inclusive for women writers.

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