Riot grrrls in the 90s self-produced diary-esque zines with explicitly anti-establishment themes; the teens who follow in their wake are posting online to create platforms for the future of feminism.
Kathleen Hanna
Kathleen Hanna is a musician and pioneer of the feminist punk Riot Grrrl movement. In the 1990s, she was the lead singer of feminist punk band Bikini Kill, and now she fronts the electronic rock band Le Tigre.
Feminists, We’re Calling You: Support the New Kathleen Hanna Documentary!
Ok, you can find video of Kathleen Hanna singing with her bands all over the web, and she pops up here and there in films, but why hasn’t there actually been a full-length documentary devoted to perhaps the most defining figure of the feminist punk movement? If you’ve been following Kathleen Hanna’s career fervidly over the […]
Hanna’s Hair May Be Tangled, But She’s No Rapunzel.
Rather than falling into the typical princess/witch or angel/whore binary most films trade in, Hanna gives us a movie rarity–a female protagonist who is strong, smart, brave and decidedly not in need of male rescue. The film is overtly framed as a dark fairytale, but rather than taking the characteristic romantic turn fairytale-esque films have […]
Don’t Ms.: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness, Kathleen Hanna And More
Everywhere: Today, February 7, is the 11th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Get educated, get tested, get involved. Los Angeles: Thinking Gender is a public conference highlighting graduate student research on women, sexuality and gender across all disciplines and historical periods. February 11, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Montclair, N.J.: See Choice & Love, […]
Tavi Gevinson is Fashionable, Feminist and Just 14
Tavi Gevinson is a feminist. When I ask her if she would call herself one she wholeheartedly agrees. At 14, she has recently started high school and gave a presentation about Riot Grrrl in her favorite class. She is known in class for being “the feminist” after her presentation, but it isn’t a big deal. […]