#but that doesnt mean naturally developing as a musician and valuing tenchique and theory spits in the face of that

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anyway finally finished girls to the front. obviously had a lot of opinions about it. i have a lot more respect for the day-to-day lived realities of riot grrls and the underground community fostered. but like. man. is the music so secondary. my main critique of riot grrl is it took many of those bands growing out of the movement amd growing up to hit something truly, artistically great (music-wise).

#i think about marcus calling dc punk like. musically rigorous (in a way she was implying was 'macho' to a degree) #and how (1) most of the dischord stuff was still very much diy it was just naturally growing more experimental in a posthardcore landscape #but also (2) i dont think thats inherently.... a bad thing???? i guess i just dont see practicing a lot nd being passionate about your craf #as unpunk or some chauvinist methology that keeps girls out #like yes. allowing women the space to be imperfect. important! bc women arent allowed to play annoying shitty juvenile music #but that doesnt mean naturally developing as a musician and valuing tenchique and theory spits in the face of that #also of course sara marcus' perspective is pretty wack its easily the drawback of the book #she makes a lot of snap judgements and incorporates odd grudges that make me not trust her wholeheardly #lots of heroworship too. #the jessica hopper stuff is the most wild bc ive now become invested in hoppers like. career and shit #and even as someone who disagrees woth hopper on a lot i thought the book went Out Of Its Way #to shit on her in a way that kind of directly ruins her reputation as a music critic and such #and its so disheartening bc theres no grace given at all. #like again these were young girls and women- im willing to imagine theyve grown and changed and evolved #but marcus doesnt really care #or at least never interrogates that in the text itself #anyway! still positive experience to have a concise timeline and such #my posts