Lil Summin'

"I reconnected with my own rage while writing this book. Every day brought new offenses: Women were outnumbered six to one in most magazines’ lists of the past decade’s best musicians. Publishers Weekly came out with a list of the ten best books of 2009, without so much as a single title by a female author. Michelle Obama went on The View and nattered about panty hose so she would be less threatening to voters. (And, after the election, our new president scornfully informed Barbara Walters that he would not be getting “a girly dog.”) A pop star beat up his girlfriend and his career barely missed a step. It sickened me how often I read about men murdering their girlfriends, shooting their ex-wives, molesting their daughters and stepdaughters and nieces. Weren’t we supposed to have gotten over this? I fumed. Why was this still happening? I don’t have an answer; I only know that I can’t ignore it."

Sara Marcus, Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution

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