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Riot Grrrl Returns, With a Slightly Softer Roar

Evelyn McDonnell, The New York Times, 2 June 1996

AT THE HEART of feminism lies the belief in self-determination: women should define their own identities. One recent expression of that tenet can be found on Call the Doctor, the new album by Sleater-Kinney, a band of three college-age women from the Pacific Northwest.

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