I'm not a great fan of girls in pop." "There are just two types of female making pop music today - those blessed with good looks, and those who would perhaps be better served by an undercover visit to the local plastic surgeon. ... It is made catchy with the use of melodic pop hooks and anthemic chorus. ... Riot Grrrl ultimately was a fanzine-led flashpoint, a media rocket supporting the key-issue - a woman's place in art and rock culture....

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For example, it has been smooth sailing for the female pop sensation, Lady Gaga, whose name is continuously making headlines and topping charts. ... Although powerful voices of women such as Lady Gaga, Alanis Morissette, and Amy Winehouse who have become essential ingredients to our modern culture, female musicians overall are still having a very difficult time bursting through the scene and earning the credit they deserve. ...

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Young people who were frustrated and bored, dissatisfied with they perceived as an idealist hippie culture, the corruption and prejudiced authority of police, the government, the church, the education system, the social welfare system, and pretty much every system, invented a new, entirely original scene of dissidence, angst, and rebellious philosophy. ... Punk rock was not so much a sub-culture as it was a counter-culture. ... Guy Debord describes this objective as such: "In a situation where there are no longer any tenable rules of action, culture's every result propels it toward its ow...

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