Girls Rock Presentation on Body Image, Grrrl Zine History and Radical Acts..

Body Image, Consumerism & Grrrl

Rock:

Putting the ‘Y’ in DIY

"Except for Joan of Arc and Anne Frank, the

thoughts of teenage girls have rarely been taken

seriously."

Activities, Videos and Oral Histories that define media, sexism and body image, and

encourage critical thought about consumerist images in juxtaposition with bodily self-

esteem. (60-90 min)

Materials:

Magazines that can be used for an art project; various titles depending on age groups

Middle school – teen poster mags, cosmo teen, People, Us, 3-4 Local Weeklies, art mags, photo mags

High school - Glamour, Bust, Maxim, Self, People, Us, Cosmo, Marie Claire, Bitch, Tattoo mags, car mags, 3-4 Local

weeklies, Soma/art mags, photo mags

Scissors – 4-6 pair

Glue

Wrapping paper, Construction Paper, tissue paper (zines)

White Paper

Markers and Colored Pencils

Let’s Draw Ourselves!

Who Are we? How do we define ourselves?

Why are you so RAD?

Find three things we like and put a heart on them, circle them, cover them in glitter, whatever.

Whats your Favortie Body Part and Why?Mirror In My Mind - pt 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAa07LYkx-A

A Closer Look...

What do the women look like? Do they look like you? Why or why not?

What are the women doing? Are they doing anything we do?

What’s duct tape got to do with it?- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP31r70_QNM

You misspelled ‘girl’

What do you mean Grrrl? presented by: the

Herstory Channel

"let’s get all these girls to play instruments, take over, change

everything!"

“All you have to do is sound like yourselves.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ieiTaJrN4

No really...

Why are you so Radical?

Define some stuff:

DIY, ‘Zine

Media, Sexism, Radical

A declaration by the band Bikini Kill outlines Riot Grrrl philosophy:

BECAUSE us girls crave record and books and fanzines that speak to US that WE feel included

in and can understand in our own ways.

BECAUSE we wanna make it easier for girls to see/hear each other’s work so that we can

share strategies and criticize-applaud each other.

BECAUSE we want and need to encourage and be encouraged in the face of all our own

insecurities, in the face of beergutboyrock that tells us we can’t play our instruments, in the

face of “authorities” who say our bands/zines/etc. are the worst in the U.S.

BECAUSE we are angry at a society that tells us Girl=Dumb, Girl=Bad, Girl=Weak.

BECAUSE we are unwilling to let our real and valid anger be diffused and/or turned against

us via the internalization of sexism as witnessed in girl/girl jealousism and self-defeating girl

type behaviors.

BECAUSE I believe with my wholeheartmindbody that girls constitute a revolutionary soul

force that can, and will, change the world for real

ResourcesBands

Joan Jett, Bikini Kill, LeTigre, Sleater Kinney

Grace Jones, Objex, babes in toyland

bratmobile, excuse 17, casual dots, slant 6, very angry girls

Zines

Las Vegas Zine Library in Emergency Arts downtown...

Very Active Girls Into Nerdy Activities - FB

• Sites

http://www.girlsrockradio.com/

http://www.grassrootsfeminism.net

http://geekfeminism.org/

http://riotgrrrlonline.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/how-to-start-a-zine/

http://forwrrrd.blogspot.com/

• Books

V-Girls

Our Bodies, Ourselves

cunt