Zines remain a safe space for honest communication and empowering interaction between and amongst riot grrrls. A good deal of the stories in riot grrrl zines were and are about music, but it is rarely the actual sounds that are talked about. It is much more likely for one to find discussion of the lyrics of a particular sound, or interviews with the musicians that discuss politics more often than music. The bands are worshiped in a sense, and their lyrics become gospel. Every woman and girl is encouraged to start a band, or to start a zine, or to speak out in some way.
Music resides on the same level as zines, in that everyone can do it.
Good instruments are not called for, nor are expensive printing processes. The music or the zine might not be well read or listened to, but that does not mean failure. In the songs of riot grrrl bands and in the words of their fans in zines, there is constant encouragement to do it yourself, and support for anyone who takes a chance and puts herself, her stories or her feelings in the spotlight. There is no failure unless you don t try, and there is no permission that need be granted.