Kathleen Hanna

And Joan Jetta just called me on the phone and said, I like your band. And I was just like, I'm not going to look at my notebook. I'm going to feel this feeling. And then I walked back to the mic and I just sang. And, you know, Rebel Girl, Rebel Girl, You Are the Queen of My World came out.

That girl.

That girl.

That girl.

I mean, I was thinking about my friend Juliana Looking, who's a spoken word artist who really kind of mentored me. I was thinking about Toby. I was thinking about Kathy.

I mean, I was thinking about my friend Juliana Looking, who's a spoken word artist who really kind of mentored me. I was thinking about Toby. I was thinking about Kathy.

I mean, I was thinking about my friend Juliana Looking, who's a spoken word artist who really kind of mentored me. I was thinking about Toby. I was thinking about Kathy.

I was thinking about the girls in the Riot Grrrl meetings who were saying stuff like, you know, just crying because it was the first time they'd been in an all-female atmosphere. And they were just like, whoa, this feels really weird. I'm confused. And then like, wait, why have I never made this a priority before?

I was thinking about the girls in the Riot Grrrl meetings who were saying stuff like, you know, just crying because it was the first time they'd been in an all-female atmosphere. And they were just like, whoa, this feels really weird. I'm confused. And then like, wait, why have I never made this a priority before?

I was thinking about the girls in the Riot Grrrl meetings who were saying stuff like, you know, just crying because it was the first time they'd been in an all-female atmosphere. And they were just like, whoa, this feels really weird. I'm confused. And then like, wait, why have I never made this a priority before?

And just that feeling of, you know, a room changing, like, you know, just sitting at a crappy plastic office max table with a bunch of young women sitting who have been relegated to the back of the room at punk shows for so long, finally saying, I've always wanted to start a band. Or, hey, does anybody know how to play guitar? I'd like to learn.

And just that feeling of, you know, a room changing, like, you know, just sitting at a crappy plastic office max table with a bunch of young women sitting who have been relegated to the back of the room at punk shows for so long, finally saying, I've always wanted to start a band. Or, hey, does anybody know how to play guitar? I'd like to learn.

And just that feeling of, you know, a room changing, like, you know, just sitting at a crappy plastic office max table with a bunch of young women sitting who have been relegated to the back of the room at punk shows for so long, finally saying, I've always wanted to start a band. Or, hey, does anybody know how to play guitar? I'd like to learn.

That's an amazing feeling that really kind of changes the room into this beautiful place of possibilities.

That's an amazing feeling that really kind of changes the room into this beautiful place of possibilities.

That's an amazing feeling that really kind of changes the room into this beautiful place of possibilities.

We moved a lot all around Maryland. Like we moved every three years. So I changed schools every three years. You know, we lived in kind of suburbs where not much was going on. And then we moved back to the Pacific Northwest. And I changed schools even then in high school. I went to two different high schools.

We moved a lot all around Maryland. Like we moved every three years. So I changed schools every three years. You know, we lived in kind of suburbs where not much was going on. And then we moved back to the Pacific Northwest. And I changed schools even then in high school. I went to two different high schools.

We moved a lot all around Maryland. Like we moved every three years. So I changed schools every three years. You know, we lived in kind of suburbs where not much was going on. And then we moved back to the Pacific Northwest. And I changed schools even then in high school. I went to two different high schools.

So I really started seeing the game and how at every school there was like kind of the same group breakdown. Yeah. You know, like the popular rich kid clique, the stoners, the people who are into this kind of music, the people who are into that kind of music, people who are into sports, like these kind of different groups.