More girls are producing media today than at any other point in U.S.history and they are creating media texts in virtually every format currentlypossiblemagazin... » 

More girls are producing media today than at any other point in U.S.history and they are creating media texts in virtually every format currentlypossiblemagazines films musical recordings and websites.Girls Make Media explores how young female media producers have reclaimed andreconfigured girlhood as a site for radical social cultural and politicalagency. Central to the book is an analysis of Riot Grrrla 1990s feministyouth movement from a fusion of punk rock and gender theoryand the girl powermovement it inspired. The author also looks at the rise of girlsonly mediaeducation programs and the creation of girls studies.This book will be essential reading for anyone seeking to understandcontemporary female youth in todays media culture. «