Reasons to Be in an All Girls Band or Be a Girl in a Band!
from Bikini Kill: A Color & Activity Book (Issue #1)


  • Cuz its fun.
  • Its a good way to act out behaviors that are wrongly deemed "inappropriate"
    • this is a refutation of censorship and body fascism
    • this can deny taboos that keep us enslaved IE. Don't talk about sex or rape or be sensitive or corny
  • To serve as a role model for other girls
  • To show boys other ways of doing things and that we have stuff to say
  • To discuss in both literal and artistic ways those issues that're really important to girls.
    • naming these issues, specifically, validates their importance and other girls' interest in them
    • reminds other girls that they aren't alone
  • To make fun of and thus disrupt the powers that be
    • It doesn't have to be this intense dramatic self righteous thing to affect change. It can be fun to talk about scary issues!




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