Kathleen Hanna

The video about Kathleen Hanna was extremely interesting to me. I really liked learning more about the Riot Grrrl movement and about her band Bikini Kill. Kathleen had the type of attitude that I wish I had. She was so care free and did not worry about anyone’s opinion of herself of her band. Her performances were very intense. Her songs had a very strong and clear message that could make some people uncomfortable while listening to them. One thing that really affected me was when Kathleen would tell the people at her concert “all girls to the front” in order to make the girls feel protected. It is sad that girls cannot even feel safe from being assaulted at a concert. I highly admire Kathleen for caring so much about women and keeping them safe. She took action to get the word out about her feelings on woman safety in her music and at her concert.

I found it very interesting that she dated (then married) a man who sang songs that had lyrics about girls doing his laundry. She is supposed to be this feminist woman spreading the word and she was afraid that dating this man would make people question her. Though I don’t really like the style of music that she sings, I could really feel how much she cared about what she was singing about by the way she performed. She would literally scream out the lyrics in anger and frustration and I think that is what made people so intrigued in her performances. Kathleen Hanna was a very interesting and inspiring person to read about.