Class Notes 4/2/07 Group work (Ragonese, "Riot Grrrls Castrate 'Cock Rock' in New York")

(Marissa Ragonese, "Riot Grrrls Castrate "Cock Rock" in New York from Off Our Backs, May/June 2002 issue)

Argument:

• "Feminist punk-rock dyke activist/aspiring academic separatist riot grrrls" want to see more female rock artists being played on the air (92.3 K Rock in particular)
• On one popular rock station in NYC (K Rock), 99.12% of music played is by male artists.
• Feminist protesters argued that in addition to females being discriminated against on the air, wmoen were also being degraded on the rock stations talk shows( ie: Howard Stern Morning Show)

Audience Targeted:

• Protesters are targeting women who are not equally represented on the popular rock stations.
  
• Also targeting all groups who experience inequality in the music industry.

Structure/Discourse:

• All aspects of radio station (music playlists, DJ's talk shows) were sending misogynist, anti-feminist/anti-women messages to listeners.
• DJ's were all males with exception of one.
• DJ's mocked feminist protesters; calling them names, etc.
• Howard Stern Show- show's content is degrading to women.

-Miss Nooch