Name: Grrrls on the Side
ISBN: 9781945053214

Carrie Pack

The year is 1994, and alternative is in, except for high schooler Tabitha Denton. Uninterested in boys, lonely, and sidelined by former friends, she finds her escape in a punk concert zine: an ad for a Riot Grrrl meet-up. There, Tabitha discovers herself, love, and how to stand up for what's right.

Grrrls on the Side

Abi Baker

This would've probably been a four star book if it wasn't for the fact that a dude forced himself on the protagonist because he was biphobic/homophobic af (strike one), the protagonist's first girlfriend didn't see that incident as a big deal at all and ended up breaking up with the protagonist over it (strike two) and the protagonist's second girlfriend insisted that she had to be a lesbian because the protagonist had only ever dated two people and they were both girls so she couldn't possibly be bisexual (strike three).

Honestly I loved the format of this book and Tabitha was a mostly alright protagonist. I think they definitely somewhat glossed over some of the more important issues that were introduced i.e. racism, fatphobia, biphobia and lesbophobia which was probably due to how short the book is but there were some really solid elements there.

Grrrls on the Side

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