Riot Girls

Part John Hughes, part Mad Max, all female empowerment

"...cinematography, and a tight little script by Katherine Collins, Riot Girls literally takes many of its cues from the..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Powerpuff Girls Movie

"...guys at the same time. Sugary light, The Powerpuff Girls movie takes the original show's winning grrrl power formula..."

July 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Girls of Summer Redux

Girls Rock Camp Austin valedictorians Schmillion

"...and we're all a little sweaty-eyed after seeing one Girls Rock Camp Austin band after another demolish ideas about..."

July 22, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Top Fiction of 2020 for the Angry Girls

Rosalind Faires chooses several tales of righteous indignation

"...becomes delightfully ominous in Rachel Harrison's novel about a girls' trip to celebrate a woman who had gone missing..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Where the Girls Go/ATX: Tassels Addition

Where the grrrls will be this April weekend

"...Who's FEA you ask? Oh ya know, just a riot grrrl super group made up of Girl in a..."

April 11, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

The Punk Singer

Kathleen Hanna, the ultra-charismatic co-founder of the third-wave feminist riot grrrl movement and full-on DIY icon is the subject of this documentary.

"...Kathleen Hanna, the ultra-charismatic co-founder of the third-wave feminist riot grrrl movement and full-on DIY icon, is a frustrating..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All Over Me

"...a vintage poster of Patti Smith, patron saint of girls with guitars and attitude. But everything Claude and Ellen..."

July 4, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kathleen Hanna Kills It

'The Punk Singer' turns up the volume on Riot Grrrl pioneer's passion, politics, and devastating illness

"...The riot grrrl movement, which sprang from Bikini Kill's live shows,..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Audra Schroeder

Two Can Play That Game

"...its share of comic pleasantries and attempts a breezy, just-us-girls tone with a certain amount of success. (In one..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Sister Jessica Explains It All for You

The Girls' Guide to Rocking shows us the secret handshake

"...If girls – that's girls, not ladies, women, or grrrls –..."

Nov. 16, 2009 Books Post by Cindy Widner

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2019

"...Paloma Kwiatkowski (Riot Girls), Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Dolemite Is my Name), Saoirse..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Ladies Are Funny Festival

More East Coast comics and a full night of stand-up add more laughs to LAFF

"...If you ask any of the Girls Girls Girls, Austin's all-female, all-singing improv comedy troupe, if..."

April 30, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Coathangers at Fusebox

Festival kickoff at the Long Center

"...was choreographed by Allison Orr of Forklift Danceworks and Girls Rock Austin founder Emily Marks...."

April 26, 2012 Chronolog Post by Shelley Hiam

One More Win Before Regionals

TXRG gets tested but not bested by Bay Area Derby road team

"...after the Texecutioners beat the visiting Bay Area Derby Girls, Texas Rollergirl Crackerjack grinned broadly. "Guess how many times..."

Sept. 9, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Harry Styles’ Near Riotous Nostalgia

UK heartthrob brings Beatlemania to the Moody Theater

"...time honored fashion he dared to care about teenage girls. Suited in pink satin with slicked back hair, the..."

Oct. 12, 2017 Music Post by Isabella Castro-Cota

Mo' Music August 13: Pü#$¥ Edition

The vag's greatest hits

"...man who's never interacted with one? Let's have a riot with some of my personal favorites...."

Aug. 13, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

The Man Who Hath No Music in Himself

"...go into the realm of the antic before audiences riot in their seats...."

Aug. 20, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...(Wednesdays), the bad boys of Bad Boys (Fridays), Movie Riot (Fridays), Midnight Society (Saturdays), Stool Pigeon (Sundays), and the..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

JD Samson & Saving the Noise

The girl from MEN is here to show you a good time.

"...GP: You’ve been really involved about the Pussy Riot protests in New York. What has that experience has..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Tyler Pratt

Xenophobia?

International Acts at SXSW

"...Atari Teenage Riot Feeling Boutros Boutros-Gali? Well, here's the world, or parts..."

March 7, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...So that’s what I did. That and lust after girls, you know. And I went to an all-boys’ high..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Saturday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...rock, and European haircuts on their third LP, 2004's Riot on an Empty Street (Astralwerks). Bøe and Øye utilize..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

From Here to Eternity

The only punk rock band that mattered, and why they still do

"...the Ramones sang revved-up pop songs about glue and girls, with politics being the furthest thing from their Carbona-crazed..."

May 19, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Lasses, Sasses, and Cineastes

LadyFest Texas movie night

"...wanna assimilate to someone else's (boy) standards," explains the Riot Grrrl Manifesto, "and thus need to create forums where..."

April 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Diana Welch

Killer Lifestyle

Patty Schemel doc Hit So Hard remembers living and dying in the 1990s

"...Hole, the band that presented to a generation of girls the feminist id on a radio-friendly platter...."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...sort of glamorous ennui painted by the Dum Dum Girls. Across a handful of EPs and singles, the group..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Who Owns Sixth Street

Is Austin's Sixth Street Entertainment District undergoing an identity crisis? -- and who are the designated shrinks?

"...an uneasy mix. The most recent example was the riotous activity of February's Mardi Gras...."

May 4, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...and protests long before the police raid and ensuing riot at the Mafia-run Stone­wall Inn in Greenwich Village in..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town

Mackenzie Davis is a great traveling companion for this dull roadtrip

"...Green Room's Shawkat, dressed like one of the Golden Girls, oozing glamour even when passed out drooling in a..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...and the show managed to survive (see “Having a Riot”)...."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

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