Bikini Kill Resurrects Rebel Girl Spirit on 2026 Fall Tour
Bikini Kill blew away its fanbase in New Haven with a set of iconic feminist punk-rock anthems.
Women’s experience in the music world as the subject: representation, access and opportunity, women in traditionally male-dominated corners of music, gear designed for and by women, signature instruments, women-run events and organizations, and industry equity. Not simply coverage of artists who happen to be women.

Bikini Kill blew away its fanbase in New Haven with a set of iconic feminist punk-rock anthems.

Women are vastly underrepresented at rock music festivals, especially as headliners. The problem is not the pipeline of talent.

“For IAMEVE, every little piece of the sound and the content inside of the music is so particular. It’s an immersive experience!”

The future of guitar is female, sometimes with kids in tow. Here are our favorite rockstar moms and their signature six-stringed instruments.

Shira Yevin made history in 2004 when she crashed the Warped Tour. With Gritty In Pink, she’s disrupting the status quo yet again.

The Lilith Fair was the first event I covered as a college reporter in the summer of 1998. Watching the Hulu documentary is bittersweet.

I didn’t play guitar until I was a teenager — and that is still my only regret, now that I’m a part-time musician and full-time parent.

“Herstory” it’s both a musical celebration and a heartfelt offering … filled with original songs about REAL, trailblazing women.”

Released in 2024 and 2025, these five signature guitars by females — including four by guitarist moms — are extra special.

Rockmommy’s editor in chief reflects on the summer of 2004, when she was a counselor at the Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls in Portland, Oregon.

Seeing older women like Demi Moore in badass, sexy lead roles hits home for so many women like me in rock bands.

The surprise Nirvana reunion set at FireAid was even better with Violet Grohl, Joan Jett, St. Vincent, and Kim Gordon on lead vocals.