Grrrls on the Side
By: Carrie Pack
Publisher: Duet, an imprint of Interlude Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781945053214
Subjects: Punk culture; Bisexual youth; Fiction; Race discrimination; Lesbian teenagers; Riot grrrl movement; Feminism; Lesbians
Other titles: Girls on the side
Description: "The year is 1994, and alternative is in. But not for alternative girl Tabitha Denton; she hates her life. She is uninterested in boys, lonely, and sidelined by former friends at her suburban high school. When she picks up a zine at a punk concert, she finds an escape--an advertisement for a Riot Grrrl meetup. At the meeting, Tabitha finds girls who are more like her and a place to belong. But just as Tabitha is settling in with her new friends and beginning to think she understands herself, eighteen-year-old Jackie Hardwick walks into a meeting and changes her world forever. The out-and-proud Jackie is unlike anyone Tabitha has ever known. As her feelings for Jackie grow, Tabitha begins to learn more about herself and the racial injustices of the punk scene, but to be with Jackie, she must also come to grips with her own privilege and stand up for what's right"--