More girls are producing media today than at any other point in U. S. history and they are creating media texts in virtually every format currently possible--magazines films musical recordings and websites. Girls Make Media explores how young female media producers have reclaimed and reconfigured girlhood as a site for radical social cultural and political agency. Central to the book is an analysis of Riot Grrrl--a 1990s feminist youth movement from a fusion of punk rock and gender theory-and the girl power movement it inspired. The author also looks at the rise of girls-only media education programs and the creation of girls' studies. This book will be essential reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary female youth in today's media culture. . Language: English