#Allison Crutchfield

A Female-Fronted FutureThoughts on SXSW 2017

Snail Mail at SXSW 2017. Photo by Lindsey Rhoades I didn't even have to break out my "The Future is Female" t-shirt to sound the alarm; at South by Southwest last week, the message was loud and clear. In a whirlwind five days, I saw dozens of acts - mostly emerging or signed to small labels - and...

Lindsey Rhoades

YEAR END LISTAF's Guide to Riot Grrrl's Influence in 2013

It is a goddamn golden age for girl-fronted punk. It's not that there haven't been important works by women in the ensuing years, but 2013 saw a Riot Grrrl Renaissance unlike anything since its early '90s inception. Back then, Kathleen Hanna had to make safe spaces at Bikini Kill shows for female...

Lindsey Rhoades