May’s Recommended Books
Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now!
(2007) Nadine Monem (editor)
The Riot Grrl movement found its name in Olympia in the early 1990s, and was built (in the words of Beth Ditto) "by a handful of girls who felt empowered, who were angry, hilarious, and extreme through and for each other". Riot Grrrl is a collection of essays, photos, and artwork that outline a movement that carved out a new space for women in the oft macho music scene.
(2009) Jack Boulware & Silke Tudor
The San Francisco Bay Area has long been one of Punk Rock's major breeding grounds, and has produced some of the biggest punk acts of the end of the 20th century. Green Day hail from here, as well as Rancid, NOFX, AFI and Jello Biafra's legendary Dead Kennedys. San Francisco journalists Jack Boulware and Silke Tudor's informal and frequently profane conversations with members of the Bay-Area punk scene give voice to twenty years worth of politics, humor, activism (as well as drunkenness and general hellraising) that have defined this renowned community.
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