Punk Rock-Feminist Pioneer Kathleen Hanna on Her SXSW Doc and More

[ismnotwasm]

( I fucking LOVED Le Tigre--once i found them, this was fun and inspiring interview to read)

The feminist punk rocker is the subject of a new documentary premiering at SXSW. She talks to Marlow Stern about feminism, loving Taylor Swift, inspiring ‘Teen Spirit,’ and more.

It was the age of unbridled excess, avarice, and machismo gone haywire. Wall Street Masters of the Universe were treating people like tradable commodities, hair metal bands were plowing through sexual conquests like Charlie Sheen after banging seven-gram rocks, and punkers were leaving each other bloodied and bruised in mosh pits.

The 1980s was a very tough time to be a woman—let alone a female musician.

But Kathleen Hanna wouldn’t stand for any of that bullshit.

A victim of childhood abuse, Hanna began her artistic career as a spoken-word performer, addressing issues like violence and sexism against women. Eventually, she segued into music, forming the seminal punk band Bikini Kill and later Le Tigre. At early Bikini Kill shows, she demanded that women stand in the front—and be protected—from their testosterone-fueled male counterparts. She also helped pioneer the feminist zine Riot grrrl, which had an indelible impact on the women’s rights movement, and came up with the title to the Nirvana anthem “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” tagging it on the wall of her good pal, the late Kurt Cobain.

Hanna, who is married to Beastie Boy Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz, is the subject of Sini Anderson’s documentary The Punk Singer, which made its premiere at the 2013 SXSW festival. In an expansive interview, the feminist and punk icon opened up to The Daily Beast about her dark past, feminism, why Taylor Swift is a feminist, Nirvana memories, being assaulted by Courtney Love, and more.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/13/punk-rock-feminist-pioneer-kathleen-hanna-on-her-sxsw-doc-more.html?account=thedailybeast&medium=twitter

[bench scientist]

1. thanks, I'm going to have to find the Punk singer when it comes out.

I listen to le Tigre all the time, and BK
here's the lastest track from Julie Ruin
http://pitchfork.com/news/49018-listen-kathleen-hannas-band-the-julie-ruin-share-first-new-track-girls-like-us/

[ismnotwasm]

2. Thank you!