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In issue 4, Cookie writes about going to a [[Riot Grrrl]] meeting, and other peoples' misconceptions about it; going to a Queer Alliance meeting and feeling alienated and out of place; the difficulties she has coming out to her parents; getting the band Fifth Column to play at her College, and what seeing all-girl bands means to her; and starting her own band with friends, called "Bad Hair Day". | In issue 4, Cookie writes about going to a [[Riot Grrrl]] meeting, and other peoples' misconceptions about it; going to a Queer Alliance meeting and feeling alienated and out of place; the difficulties she has coming out to her parents; getting the band Fifth Column to play at her College, and what seeing all-girl bands means to her; and starting her own band with friends, called "Bad Hair Day". | ||
| − | '''Girl Fiend''' was one of the publications featured in issue six of [[Outpunk]], a [[compzine|compilation]] issue which featured zines that editor Matt Wobensmith felt had impacted the scene. | + | '''Girl Fiend''' was one of the publications featured in issue six of [[Outpunk]], a [[compzine|compilation]] issue which featured zines that editor [[Matt Wobensmith]] felt had impacted the scene. |
Cookie Tuff later moved to San Francisco and played in the band Subtonix. | Cookie Tuff later moved to San Francisco and played in the band Subtonix. | ||
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'''Girl Fiend''' is included in the Sarah Wood Zine Collection at Duke University Library. | '''Girl Fiend''' is included in the Sarah Wood Zine Collection at Duke University Library. | ||
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*[http://qzap.org/v5/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=28&g2_itemId=205 Free download of '''Girl Fiend''' Issue 4 from] [[QZAP]] | *[http://qzap.org/v5/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=28&g2_itemId=205 Free download of '''Girl Fiend''' Issue 4 from] [[QZAP]] | ||
| + | *[http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/rbmscl/woodsarah/inv/ Sarah Wood Zine Collection at Duke University] | ||
[[Category:Zine]] [[Category:Zines from the U.S.A.]] [[Category:Maine Zines]] [[Category:1990's publications]] [[Category:Queer]] [[Category:Riot Grrrl]] | [[Category:Zine]] [[Category:Zines from the U.S.A.]] [[Category:Maine Zines]] [[Category:1990's publications]] [[Category:Queer]] [[Category:Riot Grrrl]] | ||
[[Category:Perzine]] | [[Category:Perzine]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Sarah Wood Zine Collection]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:51, 28 April 2013
Girl Fiend was a zine by Cookie Tuff, published in Amherst, Ma., U.S.A. in 1992.
This publication was a perzine and Cookie wrote about her experiences in Amherst going to College. A number of issues of the zine were published.
In issue 4, Cookie writes about going to a Riot Grrrl meeting, and other peoples' misconceptions about it; going to a Queer Alliance meeting and feeling alienated and out of place; the difficulties she has coming out to her parents; getting the band Fifth Column to play at her College, and what seeing all-girl bands means to her; and starting her own band with friends, called "Bad Hair Day".
Girl Fiend was one of the publications featured in issue six of Outpunk, a compilation issue which featured zines that editor Matt Wobensmith felt had impacted the scene.
Cookie Tuff later moved to San Francisco and played in the band Subtonix.
Girl Fiend is included in the Sarah Wood Zine Collection at Duke University Library.
