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Le Tigre + Christina Aguilera = OK, Whatever
Pitchfork says the kick-ass electro-punk group, Le Tigre, is working on music with Christina Aguilera of all people. Presumably they’re doing music for X-tina’s new album, since JD Samson recently told...
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Tavi’s Sweater Says The “F Word” On It
Is it OK if I live vicariously through Tavi for a while? The 14-year-old style blogger brunched with Kathleen Hanna of Le Tigre and Bikini Kill while in New York for Fashion Week and not only did...
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Kathleen Hanna On Being A Feminist Ambassador
“I feel like there’s this weird thing that as a feminist band you get put in this role as ambassadors. Certain people are like ‘Oh, here come the Feminazis!’ You end up acting 10 times nicer than you...
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Kathleen Hanna Calls Katy Perry’s “I Kissed A Girl” Song “Straight Up Offensive”
“I mean, is it really that different when it’s a skinny white woman in a bathing suit singing [about gay rights]? None of these women ever wear pants, first of all. Second of all, just because you’re...
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Kathleen Hanna Says We Should All Be More Like Beyoncé
“Beyoncé isn’t Beyoncé because she reads comments on the Internet. Beyoncé is in Ibiza, wearing a stomach necklace, walking hand in hand with her hot boyfriend. She’s going on the yacht and having a...
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Riot Grrl Kathleen Hanna On Bikini Kill’s Beginnings
“I wanted to be a part of a family. I wanted to be someone who helped girls who’d been abused feel less alone because I’d been one of those girls. How is it that the world is half women, so many of us...
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Kathleen Hanna Gives Taylor Swift Her Feminist Seal Of Approval
I’m totally into Taylor Swift. I think she has super-clever lyrics, and I love that she writes her own music. Some of the themes she writes about are stuff I wish was there for me when I was in high...
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Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna & Kathi Wilcox Play The Friendship Game
Guys, it was a rough weekend, what with the coverage of the Steubenville rape verdict, and all the rape apologists and all. Very disheartening. But then I caught this little gem of a video — Bikini...
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Kathleen Hanna Explains The Origins Of “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
This one’s an oldie but a goodie: Riot grrl hero and fellow Colonel Mustard fan Kathleen Hanna is the woman responsible (in small part, anyway) for the epic Nirvana song “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” In...
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Kathleen Hanna: My Abortion “Was One Of the Best Things That Happened To Me”
“Well, I worked at McDonald’s and I spent the money I earned at McDonald’s to get my abortion. I was only 15 and the person who got me pregnant did not want to give me any money. I was $40 short, so I...
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No, But Seriously, Kathleen Hanna Is Just What Miley Cyrus Needs
I’m a fan of Miley Cyrus’ most recent hip-hop influenced album. I think it’s fun and silly and clever and while Miley’s attempts at rapping are fairly laughable, her singing voice is still on point....
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