girlzine

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noun

A zine written predominantly by and for girls, specifically the riot grrrl subculture.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

noungirlzine (plural girlzines)

plural girlzines

  1. A zine written predominantly by and for girls, specifically the riot grrrl subculture.

    Impatient horniness — the stereotypically male variety — shapes the credo of the on-line girlzine Minx.

    2000, Benjamin DeMott, Killer woman blues
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    On another floor there was a fanzine workshop, as well as a putting-on-gigs workshop, an extensive girlzine stall and a rape crisis information point.

    2001, Chérie Turner, Everything you need to know about the riot grrrl movement

    On the one hand feminist ideas are increasingly taken for granted across a range of media and genres, vibrant girlzines spring up all over the world, and the Web is home to an enormous diversity of feminist ideas[…]

    2007, Rosalind Gill, Gender and the Media, page 2

Origin

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APA

girlzine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girlzine

MLA

“girlzine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girlzine. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “girlzine,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girlzine.

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