This is the second of two guest blogs by Megan Sormus, a PhD researcher at Northumbria University. She reports on a gig that she organised for the recent ‘Girls on Film’ conference and discusses how these female bands...
Anita Corbin’s recent and retrospective exhibition Visible Girls: Revisited came into my life recently as a clipping from a newspaper, sent from Spain by my mum. The project is close to my heart, as when I am not involved in Girl Museum projects I...
This is the final blog post in this special interview series, within which Megan Sormus (Northumbria University) talked to Girl Museum about Riot Grrrl and her own ideas about girlhood. Passionate about music and music scenes herself, Megan talks about the...
The second in a series of blogs on Riot Grrrl, our interviewee Megan Sormus (a Ph.D. researcher at Northumbria University) talked to Girl Museum about alternative girl identities, considered and expressed through the Riot Grrrl scene. Check out our previous blog,...
This is the first of a series of blogs on the alternative girlhood identities offered by Riot Grrrl zines and activities. A sneak peek into our upcoming 2017 exhibition, Alternative Girl, this blog series includes extracts from an interview with Megan Sormus, a Ph.D....