▁Gr r rl ▁Revolution . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁Marcus ▁began ▁writing ▁in ▁the ▁format ▁of ▁self - pub lished ▁z ines ▁in ▁ 1 0 th ▁grade , ▁first ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁ri ot ▁gr r rl ▁movement ▁in ▁and ▁around ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁and ▁then ▁through ▁her ▁first ▁year ▁of ▁college , ▁where ▁she ▁also ▁worked ▁on ▁student ▁publications . ▁She ▁spent ▁three ▁sem esters ▁as ▁an ▁under grad uate ▁at ▁Y ale , ▁then ▁transferred ▁to ▁Ober lin , ▁where ▁she ▁graduated ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁She ▁next ▁earned ▁an ▁M FA ▁in ▁non f iction ▁writing ▁from ▁Columbia ▁University . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁she ▁began ▁gradu ate ▁studies ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁Department ▁at ▁Pr inc eton . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Marcus ' s ▁ 3 6 7 - page ▁book ▁Girls ▁to ▁the ▁Front : ▁The ▁True ▁Story ▁of ▁the ▁Ri ot ▁Gr r rl ▁Revolution ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁Har per ▁Per enn ial ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁The ▁project ▁was ▁initially ▁born ▁of ▁Marcus ' s ▁concern ▁for ▁the ▁way ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁movement ▁had ▁been ▁chron ic led ▁in ▁media , ▁reduced ▁to ▁a ▁mere ▁fashion ▁tr end ▁or ▁even ▁a ▁jo ke , ▁s idel ining ▁the ▁central ▁political ▁concerns ▁and ▁getting ▁it ▁" wr ong er ▁and ▁wrong er " ▁as ▁years ▁passed . ▁When ▁she ▁heard ▁a ▁male ▁journalist ▁was ▁considering ▁writing ▁a ▁book ▁on ▁the ▁movement , ▁Marcus