12.01 * WINTER *

•ROCKERCHICK OF THE MONTH : KELLY
"'Oh the Ladies' is a show dedicated to the ladies who rock, whether it be through film, art, comedy, music or inspiration..."

•EDITOR'S NOTE : DAHLIA
"When I started this zine, I was just barely starting out with my band and my bass. How far we've all come..."

•GIG REVIEW: BUILT TO SPILL : JAY
"It was a rock 'n' roll extravaganza at the Paradise. But is bandleader Doug Martsch trying to tell us indie rock is dead?..."

•RECORD STORE RANTS : ANDY
"The men and women who come in treat me like I have no clue while my co-workers are treated like rock stars around town..."

•RADIO STATION RANTS : MATTY
"Pick a rock format: they're all sexist and racist, and always have been, at least for the past 30 years..."

•TRADE SHOW RANTS : LEAH
"My thoughts about trade shows and the music biz in general are that talent means nothing anymore and it's a guy thing..."

•TO LOVE, HONOR, AND MARRY? : KRISTIE
"Homosexuality is not some odd fetish that causes people to want to marry their rugs..."

•A FEMINIST MANIFESTO : SUNNY
"I don't want to be a representation, I don't even want to be a positive representation. I want to exist..."

•ROCKERZINE RECORD REVIEWS : HOPE
"The Faint make the kind of music that attacks your ears, crackles down your spine, and finds your feet dancing around the bedroom when you think the neighbors aren't watching..."

•PLAYGIRL : MELISSA
"First of all, all the cute dykes you do see around aren't even gay -- they just look gay. They're magazine editors, art students, or worse, 'bohemians,'..."

•A DYKE MANIFESTO : KRISTIE
"Put the picket fence on the shelf where it belongs. Because as much as you make it nice with words like 'gay woman,' I'm a dyke..."