And for many young women, self-publishing was a lot more accessible than starting a band. At first, zines were the only form of media reporting on riot grrrl bands, meetings and political organizing. In the early 90s, when riot grrrl was just gaining momentum, zines played a crucial role. They inspired Bikceem to create their own zine called “Gunk.” Bikini Kill drummer Tobi Vail did the zine “Jigsaw.” The packages that arrived in the mail from the West Coast were a lifeline. Reyna: “Girl Germs” was a zine made by the members of Bratmobile. She sent me “Jigsaw” and “Bikini Kill” zine and I think “Girl Germs.” Ramdasha Bikceem: She knew I was kind of struggling in high school, just being miserable for a number of reasons, and she sent me a bunch of zines and that really inspired me. But they had a friend who moved to the Pacific Northwest… They were feeling isolated as one of the only punks, and one of the only Black people in their community. Bikceem was 14 or 15 years old at the time. Special thanks to JT Griffith and our riot grrrl manifesto readers: Deena Barnwell, Jenn Chavez and Prakruti Bhattįabi Reyna: In 1990, Ramdasha (rum-DAH-shuh) Bikceem (BICK-seem) was living in suburban New Jersey. Voices in this episode: Musician and zine-makers Ramdasha Bikceem, Allison Wolfe and Tobi Vail along with scholar and “Girls to the Front” author Sara Marcus, journalist and zine-maker Sarah Shay Mirk and Mimi Thi Nguyen, curator of the “Evolution of a Race Riot” zine and associate professor and chair of gender and women’s studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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