I started Grrowl! because of the mail that I've been getting in response to the NrrdGrrl! page. No, not letters begging me to start a 'zine, but letters that expressed frustration, and rage, and joy, and bewilderment. Letters that have poure d out to me thoughts and feelings that had either been squelched, or that had gone unrecognized by the women who had written them.

I decided that the NrrdGrrl! Mailbag was an insufficient forum for the creative side of this outpouring, and I've noticed how many of the women I've come into contact with through the NrrdGrrl! page use writing or art as a form of self-expression. So here's to the birth of Grrowl! I hope it proves to be a worthwhile experiment!

--Amelia