Persephone Is Pissed! Grrrl Zine Reading, Making, and Distributing Across the Globe.

Children's periodicals; Girls; Social criticism; Mass media; Feminine identity; Alternative rock music

Focuses on the use of international girl magazines as outlets for artistic expression and social and political criticism. Misrepresentation of working class women and queer youth in mainstream mass media; Emergence of riot girl movement from the alternative and punk music scene in the U.S.; Information on girls' studies which constructs girlhood as a separate phase in female identity formation.