Rebel Girls

Have no fear, the perfect stocking stuffer for that little riot grrrl is here. New York University's Bobst Library is the home of the Riot Grrrl Collection, an archive of zines, journals, artwork and other documents from the movement spanning from 1989-1996.

The collection is housed by the Fales Library and has been edited by Fales' senior archivist Lisa Darms into a handy book that will be published by the Feminist Press, also located at NYU.

Material primarily found in the Riot Grrrl Collection are the personal papers of those who were involved in the development of the zines, music and activism of the movement.

The collection also features contributions from the riot grrrl movement's biggets influcences, like Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, Molly Neuman of Bratmobile and an original feaure essay by Le Tigre's Johanna Fateman.

The original collection was created by Darms after her experience of living in Olympia from 1989 to 2001. She spend several years contacting musicians, activists and anyone who would be willing to contribute to her growing collection.

Darms said, "I think the unique way this collection will function is — obviously there are a lot of zine collections around the country — but this collection is archives and manuscripts. It's the creative process that goes into zines; all of the other context surrounding the zine creation, and what informed it."
The book can be purchased from Amazon.com or the Feminist Press' website.