Study Task 3A - Images and Theory

Important terms/ concepts:

• gender
• subcultures
• punk?
• feminism
• fanzines/zines

Relevant images:

How can these be used to interpret my theme?:

• punk clothing and lifestyle was androgynous and very inclusive of both genders, therefore making it a subculture synonymous with feminism
• pop-culture representations of alternative/punk/feminist women has helped to make it more widely socially acceptable for women to choose alternative lifestyles and express their feminist views (e.g. The Runaways, Pink, Avril Lavigne)
• zines and fanzines started by punk rockers to express their beliefs and philosophies were in turn adopted by the female members of the subculture. They used these to talk about their punk and feminist beliefs and how those coincided. They were handmade and lo-fi by members of the subcultures they explored and distributed amongst them too.
• the riot girl movement that was started after the establishment of the Riot Grrl magazine in 1991 (a predecessor of Jigsaw), was elemental in third wave feminism which helped rewrite the ageing narrative that womens primary vocation was homemakers and wives. Maybe these had such a strong influence because as before mentioned they were distributed amongst the female members of the subculture who were young and already "rebelling" against the more old fashioned ways of thinking, creating a new generation of forward thinking women