Kathleen Hanna

Superheroines Rule In 'Wonder Women!'

Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Superhero, Bikini Kill, Kathleen Hanna, Superheroine, Girl Power, Kickstarter, Gloria Steinem, Le Tigre, Wonder Woman, Bionic Woman, Feminism, Sxsw, Wonder Women!, Video, Arts News

It's a bird! It's a plane! Actually, it's a statuesque woman with a golden lasso... In a genre mostly written by men for men about men, Wonder Woman...

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Oh Bondage! Up Yours!

Shira Tarrant | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Spearhead, Poly Styrene, Kathleen Hanna, The Coup, Rafael Casal, Michael Franti, Henry Rollins, Pete Seeger, Rinku Sen, Occupy Wall Street, Michael Moore, Radiohead, Ubyk, Video, Culture News
Shira Tarrant

Music fuels our anger and buoys our spirit. Lyrics break down the political problems we face. Songs offer solutions and give us hope. That is the foundation for the emerging soundtrack of our era.

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How Kathleen Hanna and Bikini Kill Taught me to Make Peace with my "Alien She"

Mary Pauline Lowry | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Bikini Kill, Punk Rock, Kathleen Hanna, Le Tigre, Mary Pauline Lowry, Alien She, Riot Grrrl, Riot Grrrl Movement, Mary Lowry, Feminism, Women News
Mary Pauline Lowry

Co-existing with my desire to be girly was my wish to run unworried through night streets and pump and pay for gas without being subjected to a once-over from scary or just plain lame men.

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Art and Adventure: A Manifesto for Women and Grrrls

Mary Pauline Lowry | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Odysseus, The Odyssey, Bikini Kill, Amanda Hocking, Kathleen Hanna, Legends of the Fall, Twilight, Nicki Minaj, Ani DiFranco, Mary Pauline Lowry, Shauna Cross, Mary Lowry, The Alchemist, Paul Coelho, Righteous Babe Records, Women News
Mary Pauline Lowry

We as women and girls can't just demand more interesting and engaging female characters. We have waited too long already. We have to write the books and -- if necessary -- publish them ourselves.

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Poly Styrene Returns With New Album, Generation Indigo

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mixed Race, Misogyny, Poly Styrene, Oh Bondage Up Yours, Youth, Thrash Punk, Kathleen Hanna, Punk Rock, Michael Rendall, Sid Vicious, Brother Culture, Viv Albertine, Bipolar, Marian Elliott-Said, Celeste Bell Dos-Santos, Sex Pistols, Black Christmas, Feminism, Generation Indigo, Breast Cancer, 1970?S, Martin Glover, Kim Gordon, Virtual Boyfriend, John Lydon, Future Noise Music, X Ray Spex, Ghoulish, Aor, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

"Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard. But I think....OH BONDAGE UP YOURS!" ~ X-Ray Spex, 1977 Photo Credit: Fabrizio Rainone...

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Wanda Jackson Parties On: Every Inch an Elvis

S.X. Rosenstock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry, Jack White, Social Distortion, mc5, Kathleen Hanna, Punk Rock, Johnny Cash, Bad Brains, Wanda Jackson, Lux Interior, Mike Ness, Ron Asheton, Amy Winehouse, The White Stripes, Elvis Presley, Conan O'Brien, The Cramps, Rockabilly, The Blasters, El Rey, Little Richard, The Party Ain't Over, Alison Mosshart, Loretta Lynn, Los Angeles News
S.X. Rosenstock

With her brand-spanking-new Jack White-produced album, The Party Ain't Over, Wanda Jackson, 73, is making her case not for mere rock and roll relevance. She's cementing her status as royalty.

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Feminism and the 14-Year-Old: Tavi Gevinson Says Do What You Want

Catherine Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kathleen Hanna, Style Rookie, Riot Grrls, Tavi Style Rookie, Tavi Gevinson, Fashion, Feminism, Fashion Week, Style News
Catherine Epstein

"Lame, lame, so very lame." Tavi says, articulating the frustration she's felt arguing about feminism. Debates are especially difficult when, thanks to the Internet, there are just so many people to fight with.

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