What Happened Again?

What Happened Again?


The Story of Riot Grrrl - Part 2: Interview with Kathleen Hanna

February 19, 2013

This is the second in a series of posts about Riot Grrrl, the feminist punk rock movement.To continue with our rediscovery of Riot Grrrl, here’s an interview from CBC Radio of one of its pioneers: Kathleen Hanna. Lead singer and songwriter of the seminal Riot Grrrl band Bikini Kill, she looks back on her beginnings with the band and the movement in Olympia, Washington: her anger, the deliberate amateurism, her unvarnished performances that were often met with negative reactions and even violence. She reflects on the evolutions of feminism and Bikini Kill’s influence on today’s bands such as Pussy Riot.