Introduce Yourself Here

This thread will be used for introducing yourself to the group. When you post your intro, state your name, location, state how you found this group, and state the reason why you joined. I would love to hear why you joined this group and how you found this group.

Here goes my intro. My name is Greta and I'm 23 years old. I live in the USA in the state of Tennessee. I created this group and this is how I found the group. This is also the same reason that I joined. I run the Riot Grrrl Online website: http://www.hot-topic.org/riotgrrrl/ and the Riot Grrrl Online Message Board/Forum: http://riotgrrls.proboards67.com/, Which this group is about. This group is also about female bands, riot grrrl music, and the riot grrrl movement. Feel free to join this group.

Feel free to add me to your friends list if you want. If you have any questions about this group or about joining, Send me a PM (private message). Thanks!
Much Love,
Greta

I´m Heiko from Hamburg (Germany), organizing (punkrock) concerts and tours and I´m broadcasting a Punkrock Radio Show 4 times a month...
I did a two 2 hours special about women in punkrock from the seventies till now - very interesting, great music, especially the riot girrrl "movement"... that´s why I´m here :-)

Hi, I'm Blaise :) I'm 18 from Reading, England. I found this group when I came across grrrlriot's profile whilst browsing through people on my neighbours list. I joined because I absolutely adore riot grrrl, and hopefully I'll meet some great people here or learn of some new female fronted bands.

Hey, my name's Josh. I'm from Hot Springs Arkansas USA AKA Clintonville. I'm 20 years old and a College student.

I've always liked female bands ever since I can remember, simply because of the fact there aren't enough women in rock music. Whatever rock scene, and however it's being shown women are never there and if they are they aren't on the forefront of it.

I always sort of grew up having feminist types of ideas...though I didn't know there was a word for it at the time. I feel sorta proud of this because getting older I noticed it's sorta politically correct for a guy to be ok with feminism. Or whatever. I just knew seeing such strict gender roles as a little kid made uncomfortable. It still does.

In riot grrrl they're not setting back and being pretty and singing pop music as women are stereotyped to do, they're in your face and telling you about sexism they've faced in a music style they're treated like they don't belong in. It's simply awesome.

Also, I grew up loving Nirvana a whole lot.

Hi,

I'm Asena from Izmir, Turkey. I came across this group's link (from Greta) in my shoutbox. I joined this group, because riot grrrl movement was one my biggest influences. I believe in female effects on music and find them powerful to make differences in thoughts. Also, most of those bands are my heroines.. I think female bands give these ideas directly, freedom and self-confidence, they have the right energy and that energy is precious..

hello.
I'm Jo from the USA, living in the state of California. I'm 20 years old and I have a year and a half kid. I believe the first riot grrrl band I've heard was Bikini Kill (surprise surprise) when I was like 15-16 years and they are still a favorite of mind. I've heard girl bands or girls in bands before, of course. But no close to as vibrant as Bikini Kill.

I love all of Kathleen Hanna's music. I'm into lots of music, other than riot grrl. I like anarcho punk, crust, grindcore, all of those punk genres. Indie pop/rock, progressive hip hop, oldies, folk, anti-folk, etc etc. I dare not go on!

I love anything DIY, alternative, zines, weirdos, drawing, singing in the shower, public libraries, activism, and learning all kinds of new stuff.

Check out my own Last.fm page, I have myspace (another surprise!) and livejournal, so ask me about those.

Love.
jo

Hello.

I'm Robert; I live in Arkansas, I live in Arkansas, and it's hell being the only queer, feminist not-protestant around. :/

I'm a regular poster on Greta's riotgrrrl board. I found out about this group through that, or something from Greta.

Hi! I'm Suzy, I'm 16 and from the Netherlands. I found this group through the Messageboard. I'm quite addicted to it, to be honest. :P

Hi! I'm Elina from Finland. :-)
I found this group through my shoutbox.

hi
i'm jonas from hamburg, germany. at the moment it's melancholic stormy here at my island in the elbe. grrrlriot showed me this group welcome all and cheers all queers for the next year as wart inside the heteronormatism or something. what so ever. happy or what you prever to knew year for everyone here.

Hey all,

I'm bayou, 22 years old France and grrrlriot invited me to join this group.

Hey I'm Amanda, im from Massachusetts, i joined because i started getting into this type of music

HOLA. I'm laia from barcelona (spain). I LOVE RIOT GRRRL BAND!!