The riot grrrl movement of the early 1990s was one of the first communities in rock music that made women feel like they could take up space. Riot grrrl was a sub-genre of music that mixed influences from the early punk rock days and the heavy metal scene, but riot grrrl wasn’t just a music genre. It was a movement. Sexist ideology dominated the punk rock scene throughout its entire existence prior to the riot grrrl movement. Bands like Slayer a…
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