AFRAM Blog Post #3

There are a lot of females out there that faced with some sort of discrimination, whether it's sexual abuse, sexuality, sexual harassment, and etc. That's when Riot Grrls come in and speak up the issues thought their music and performances.

In one of the readings, "U.S Feminism Grrl Style," states, "Riot Grrl is an alternative subculture built around opposition to presuppositions that young (usually white) U.S. girls and women are too preoccupied with themselves and boys to be interested in being political, creative, and loud. The tensions between this exception and the political desires of members offer a powerful opportunity to learn different ways of resisting in a consumer-oriented culture (Garrison 143)." According to this quote, this shows the difference of different genders (male and female) do for the society that both genders have their own goals in achieving something. Boys are more outspoken and dominant to society whereas girls are more insecure about themselves and not open with speaking up the issues. That's why Riot Grrrls was created to advocate young girls to speak up and talk about the difficulties they face as a female.

In another reading, "Nirvana," states, "For example, many zines tried to expose the links between commercial objectification and girls' body image, presenting statistics about eating disorders and self-esteem with complementary illustrations that debunked or parodied media representations of beauty, sexuality, and femininity (Moore 128)." This shows that young girls struggle with their image and having to compare themselves to others and in having to feel good enough for the beauty and society standards. This makes girls have eating disorders and self-esteem issues because of how society objectifies women in a certain way that makes them "beautiful."

Both these readings relate to having to speak up about the issues that females identify with, also with smaller things that weren't paid enough attention as self-esteem issues. The two readings that relate to the two songs chosen are "Good as hell" by Lizzo and "Most Girls" by Hailee Steinfeld. The reason I chose these two songs is that it's mainly about female empowerment. We girls have self-esteem issues and we need to embrace our natural beauty by not caring what others think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBB_QOZNEdc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmbmeOgWsqE