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'''Riot Grrrl Press''' was first started in 1992 by Erika Reinstein and May Summer in Washington, DC when the riot grrrl movement was still popular. The distro went with them throughout the mid-1990s when they would both move to both Olympia, WA and Chicago, IL. They of course, carried zines primarily by women or professed "riot grrrls". Their known method of distribution was to make the zine copies from flats sent in by the zine writers, and they put out print catalogs. The last known proprietors were the late 90's chapter of Riot Grrrl DC, although there were few buzzes of re-starting Riot Grrrl Press in the early 2000's by the occasional girl, nothing ever materialized.  
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'''Riot Grrrl Press''' was a zine distro started in 1992 by Erika Reinstein and May Summer in Washington, DC during the height of popularity for the riot grrrl movement. The distro moved with its founders when they relocated first to Olympia, WA, and then Chicago, IL in the mid-1990s. Riot Grrrl Press carried zines primarily by women or professed "riot grrrls". Their method of distribution was to make copies of zines from original flats sent in by the zine writers, then they published catalogs of the various zines the distributed. The last known proprietors of Riot Grrrl Press were the late '90s chapter of Riot Grrrl DC.  Although rumors of the distro being restarted circulated in the early '00s, nothing more ever materialized.  
  
 
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Revision as of 00:07, 11 October 2006

Riot Grrrl Press was a zine distro started in 1992 by Erika Reinstein and May Summer in Washington, DC during the height of popularity for the riot grrrl movement. The distro moved with its founders when they relocated first to Olympia, WA, and then Chicago, IL in the mid-1990s. Riot Grrrl Press carried zines primarily by women or professed "riot grrrls". Their method of distribution was to make copies of zines from original flats sent in by the zine writers, then they published catalogs of the various zines the distributed. The last known proprietors of Riot Grrrl Press were the late '90s chapter of Riot Grrrl DC. Although rumors of the distro being restarted circulated in the early '00s, nothing more ever materialized.