Riot Grrrl Revival Art Show opens at The Falcon with a special spotlight for Orlando zine Bitch Rag

As incels around the country mockingly chant “Your body, my choice” from their moms’ basements, suddenly the music of riot grrrl feels urgent yet again.

The movement — a loose collective of bands that included Bikini Kill, Huggy Bear, Heavens to Betsy and Bratmobile, among others — was a fiery reclamation of femme power and bodily autonomy through the sound of wiry and gleefully rudimentary punk rock.

This group art show pays homage to that early-1990s burst of tuneful anger but, more locally, also pays homage to seminal local zine Bitch Rag — always worth a retrospective. Come see the personal as political on the walls of this Thornton Park space.

7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St., facebook. com/thefalconbar, free.

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This article appears in Nov 20-26, 2024.