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169:, Jones shares, "I was interested in certain issues that I don't think many people may have picked up on in the work, ideas about authority figures, power, obviously, and the abuse of power, and gender roles as they pertain to both sexes. I think there's been a tendency to take a very reductivist view of the work as simply erotic and kind of dismiss that there could be any other concerns involved." 101:
Jones' musical career began as a young child, singing Canadian folk songs in the school choir. Though she didn't have enough money to buy records, her uncle was very involved in the folk music community and exposed her to a musical education that would prove valuable later on. From the early 1980s to
184:) are "unapologetic, thrillingly anti-assimilationist." Jones gives her marginalized female characters a place to reclaim their power. By changing the narrative, Jones's drawings allow viewers to compare the effect of women in those positions of authority versus the men. 476: 503: 426: 667: 406: 401: 308: 1089: 1084: 974: 452: 364: 1034: 1009: 999: 969: 1019: 846: 832: 818: 732: 718: 489: 176:, G. B. Jones "co-opts the male-on-male objectifying gaze of gay erotica and converts it to a female-on-female gaze" and her 1069: 1059: 1049: 994: 1079: 376: 635: 984: 1014: 877: 860: 804: 773: 758: 700: 106:, playing drums, guitar and background vocals, and was one of the co-founders of the group. The band's first album, 989: 979: 577: 513: 1054: 1039: 1004: 787: 1064: 1044: 1029: 792: 529: 427:"A Conversation with G.B. Jones: The Foremother of Queercore & Riot Grrrl - A Grrrl's Two Sound Cents" 208:
Jones has exhibited her art nationally and internationally since the early 1990s, in spaces such as
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Robin Fisher, ed., 'What's Wrong? Explicit Graphic Interpretations Against Censorship
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the late 1990s, Jones performed with the all-woman post-punk band
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was released in 1985. In 2002, Fifth Column's last release,
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is a Canadian artist, filmmaker, musician, and publisher of
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Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995
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Block, Adam (20 November 1990). "The Queen of 'Zine".
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Cinematic folds: the furling and unfurling of images
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Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider,
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Canadian artist, filmmaker, musician, and publisher
855:, Marion Boyars Publishers, London, England, 2005 356:, music video for The Hidden Cameras, directed by 956: 501: 780:Welcome to Jonestown: Southern Ontario Gothic 572: 445: 232:, Winnipeg; Muncher Kunstverein, Munich; and 134:Jones initially received recognition for her 778:Selene Kapsaski (edited by Jeremy Richey), 407:List of LGBT-related films directed by women 402:List of female film and television directors 872:, Printed Matter Inc./Art Metropole, 2006, 668:"G. B. Jones: Living Life Like a Car Crash" 465:. Published by Here Publishing. April 2000. 129: 811:The Book of Boy Trouble 2: Born to Trouble 224:, Toronto; Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna; 908:and G. B. Jones, Issues 1-7, 1985 to 1991 495: 309:Bruce and Pepper Wayne Gacy's Home Movies 180:series of drawings (based on the work of 153:, founded by Jones and co-published with 636:"Feature Inc. Previous Exhibitions 1991" 365:She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column 823:Andy Paciorek and Katherine Beem, eds, 957: 566: 468: 248:series of drawings from 1991 to 1999. 138:drawings, which were published in the 604: 526: 203: 809:Robert Kirby and David Kelly, eds., 542: 540: 520: 377:Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution 13: 825:Folk Horror Revival: Field Studies 661: 304:, directed by Bruce LaBruce (1987) 14: 1101: 1090:21st-century Canadian LGBT people 1085:20th-century Canadian LGBT people 918: 598: 537: 419: 975:Canadian experimental filmmakers 296:, directed by John Porter (1982) 277:, directed by G. B. Jones (2008) 271:, directed by G. B. Jones (1992) 265:, directed by G. B. Jones (1990) 236:, Berlin. Her first gallery was 605:Wilde, Christopher (May 2006). 502:Adrien Begrand (12 July 2002). 283:, directed by G.B. Jones (2017) 870:The Salivation Army Black Book 628: 251: 1: 1035:Women experimental filmmakers 1010:Canadian women film directors 1000:Canadian punk rock guitarists 970:Canadian contemporary artists 827:, Wyrd Harvest Press, 2015, 412: 354:I Believe in the Good Of Life 1020:Canadian LGBT film directors 740:and Mitchell Watkins, eds., 711:Juicy Mother 2: How They Met 187: 7: 1070:Canadian feminist musicians 1060:Fifth Column (band) members 1050:Film directors from Toronto 995:Canadian punk rock drummers 813:, Green Candy Press, 2008 799:, Boy Trouble Books, 2004, 388: 256: 44:Musician, artist, filmmaker 10: 1106: 1080:Canadian lesbian musicians 504:"Indie Heaven, Circa 2002" 294:Fifth Column at the Funnel 281:The Dark End of the Street 985:Canadian women guitarists 160: 91: 56: 48: 40: 30: 23: 1015:Canadian lesbian artists 795:and David Kelly, eds., 727:, Pleasure Dome, 2008, 431:agrrrlstwosoundcents.com 287: 200:" to be more inclusive. 130:Artwork and publications 96: 990:Canadian film actresses 980:Canadian women drummers 275:The Lollipop Generation 192:Jones coined the term " 1055:Musicians from Toronto 1040:Actresses from Toronto 1005:Canadian women artists 943:Bunny & the Lakers 853:DIY: The Rise Of Lo-Fi 837:Leila Pourtavaf, ed., 210:Columbus Museum of Art 841:. 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Index

Post-punk
zines
J.D.s
Fifth Column
To Sir With Hate
Kill Rock Stars
Fields and Streams
queer
punk
fanzine
J.D.s
Bruce LaBruce
Xtra Toronto
Dodie Bellamy
Tom of Finland
homocore
queercore
Columbus Museum of Art
Participant Inc.
Mercer Union
The Power Plant
White Columns
AKA Artist Run Space
Schwules Museum
Feature Inc.
New York
Boy, Girl
Bruce and Pepper Wayne Gacy's Home Movies
Fifth Column
No Skin Off My Ass

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