This is Riot Grrls, a community for grrls with something to say!
If you have anything to get off your chest, this is the place for you!
Rant about whatever you want, from the bitch-girl in your chem. class who hates your pink hair, to the guy who stands just a BIT too close to you in the elevator at work, to the entire patriarchy at large.
It can be coherent or not, Intelligent or not.
A few thangs: Here are Da Rules (they're pretty simple), and if yr thinking of posting a picture (be it of yrself or any other large graphic), do click here first.
EDITED TO ADD: We do not need to know about your communities, thanks. We do not need to know about what you're selling, thanks. Nothing personal, mind.
Got something to say?
THEN SAY IT!!!
"Everytime I move I make a woman's movement." ---Ani Difranco---"Hour Follows Hour"---Not A Pretty Girl
"You know, all my friends are fucking bitches best known for burning bridges. Do you need a character witness? I'm proud to be associated with you." ---Le Tigre---"TGIF"---Feminist Sweepstakes
"And it's true I do... Feel like a warrior Just for making it through the day.
You know, sometimes you feel like a fighter 'Cuz you fight to keep the fighting away." ---Alix Olson---"Warrior"---Built Like That
"Somebody do something, anything, soon! I know I can't be the only whatever-I-am in the room. Why am I so lonely? Why am I so tired? I need back-up! I need company! I need to be inspired!" ---Ani DiFranco--- "Face up and Sing"---Out of Range
So we’ve learned karate, Carry knives on our runs Wield words like weapons Prepare glares- Like hidden guns, We’ve deconstructed, demystified Tried retribution, remythologized, We’ve been diagnosed with your diseases, And still tried pleases, tried tears, tried Jesus.
You wanna see what it’s like down here In this pool of someone else’s rules, well Jump in, take a swim or just sit in this pit Squishing bare toes in someone else’s bullshit, We do it all the time.
Still we’ve tried being patient, Collected, calm, nice Tried praying, tried laying you Paying the price, We’ve learned to scream Until our throats throbbed What else do you do While your cunt’s being robbed.
And they say “you’ve made progress, girls, Take a rest in-between” But see while you’re resting, Someone else is progressing, That’s what I’ve seen. So I take back the whispers, The cute mute act, And the high pitched giggles, yeah I take 'em back, I won’t avoid your stare, evade your step, Nothing of that kind, Won’t help you help me victimize The only space that’s mine.
See now I’d put my life on the line just to see him trip, Frown and say, “Funny love, I never saw you slip.” I say, “My life on the line-” He says, “Man, she’s jaded.” I say, “Maybe control’s overrated.” Like when we cackled, they called us witches, Now we don’t giggle they call us bitches Well I’m cacklin loud, taking it back, full of hiss, Cacklin' loud, cackling proud now.
And they’re getting nervous with this kissing each other, Scratching their heads, What's going on brother And they yell feed your husband, stop feeding the fire! And we just cackle, We’re a fuckin witches choir. And we sing, “Sharpen your knives, sharpen your daughters Steam up the mirrors, bake us some dreams, Cook up some riots, fry up some screams, And when you’re sick of your skirts Slice open the seams Cause they want domestics, They'll give you needle and thread For patching their egos. We’ll sow revolution instead.”
And I hear him saying “Subtle, sister, Less bite, more bark You can make your point without leaving such a mark. Subtle, sister, Stop your seething, I think we got it, I think we’re even:”
Subtle like a penis pounding its target? Subtle like your hissing from across the street?
Subtle like the binding on my sisters’ feet? Subtle like her belly raped with his semen, Draped in his fuck, funny, Doesn’t seem even.
See, sometimes anger’s subtle, stocked in metaphor Full of finesse and dressed in allure Yes, sometimes anger’s subtle, less rage than sad Leaking slow through spigots you didn’t know you had. And sometimes it’s just
Fuck you. Fuck you. You see, and to me,
That’s poetry too. ---Alix Olson---"Subtle Sister"---Built Like That---
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