In the second part of their rockstar saga, the girlies discuss the unsung heroes of rock’s orbit — the Black musicians of Soul, the groupies who surrounded the stars, and the grrrls who refused to stand for the b******t. Digressions include the funeral of unenthusiastic Binchtopia ad reads, not falling for the misogynistic hate campaign against Sophie Turner, and some mailbox moments that seem to be straight out of r/ambien. SOURCES: Indexing of Musical Genres: An Epistemological Perspective by Knut Tore Abrahamsen Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination by Jack Hamilton The ‘whitewashing’ of Black music: A dark chapter in rock history by Chris Jancelewicz Pop Stars Aren’t Popping Like They Used To – Do Labels Have a Plan? By Elias Leight Why Aren’t More Popstars Being Born? By Chris Eggertsen A Very Black History of Punk Music Riot Grrrl: Revolutions from within by Jessica Rosenberg and Gitana Garofalo Riot Grrrl Manifesto I’m with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie 'I wouldn’t want this for anybody’s daughter': will #MeToo kill off the rock'n'roll groupie? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.