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Podcast: Ongoing History of New Music
Episode: Riot Grrrls - A Primer
Description: There is no question that the vast majority of rock history involves dudesā¦itās been a very male thingā¦not always, but most of the timeā¦
There was a time when it was ācommon knowledgeā that girls just couldnāt rockā¦they didnāt have the feelā¦they were built wrongā¦it just wasnāt in their DNA like it was with guysā¦
Thatās crap, of courseā¦but it took a long, long time for those prejudices to be defeatedādead and buriedā¦
The original punk rock of the mid-70s was a great help, thanks to the mo...