Playlist: I’ll Be Back Later, I’m Going For a Walk

This playlist goes from psych rock to stripped down so you can effectively go through an emotional metamorphosis while you walk through your neighborhood. Listen here and enjoy the oddly nice Chicago weather. by Hayley Robertson

Grrrls in the back: the lasting legacy of the riot grrrl movement in the Chicago music scene

I was raised in the aftermath of the riot grrrl movement and fell in love with the alpha-girl toughness and the ways in which femininity was reclaimed and redefined by the movement. Like their second-wave feminism predecessors fought for their place in the working world and reproductive rights, riot grrrls and third-wave feminists fought for … Continue reading Grrrls in the back: the lasting legacy of the riot grrrl movement in the Chicago music scene