RIOT GIRLS: Sleater_Kinney Brings Politics Back to Punk | V:
Almost as soon as they had thunderously announced their return to music, the alt-rockers Sleater-Kinney radically changed course, with one-third of the longtime three-piece departing mid comeback. Fans experienced whiplash not because of the timing, but more from the shared assumption of Sleater Kinney’s rigorously tested endurance; rarely do bands make it 30 years, especially when one member becomes independently famous, as Carrie Brownstein had on Portlandia.
As Sleater Kinney’s legend has grown, so has the popular discourse around feminism, set in motion by the Riot Grrrl batallions of the late ’90s, including Sleater Kinney, L7 and Bikini Kill . Despite the Riot Grrrls’ prescience, Tucker and Brownstein regard the movement, to which they are reflexively linked, with characteristic disinterest, focusing instead on the work that’s yet to be done—whether that be live performance or political activism.
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