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Bikini Kill, Huggy Bear: University of London

Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 16 March 1993

RIOT GRRRL, a radical feminist frock movement originating in Washington state, is generating much controversy in the US. Even the New York Times has published a chin-stroking dissertation, much to the grrrls' disdain. Empathisers and the plain curious of both sexes filled ULU for a Riot summit starring the seminal quartet Bikini Kill and leading British Rioters, Huggy Bear.

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