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Home » Kathleen Hanna

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Posted inArts & Culture

Brave Like Them, The Bricklayers of Oz, and ten more new stage shows for the dog days

by Chicago Reader August 2, 2017August 18, 2021

A “queer as f**k riot grrrl musical” and Chicago Dance Crash’s latest story-length hip-hop showcase are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inBlogs

The Julie Ruin brought the girls to the front Thursday at Thalia Hall

by Brianna Wellen July 15, 2016August 18, 2021

Kathleen Hanna has found her way back to the energy, toughness, and joy of her Bikini Kill days.

Posted inMusic

Pitchfork gives it up for riot grrrls

by Brianna Wellen July 15, 2015August 18, 2021

Sleater-Kinney and Kathleen Hanna helped light a flame that still powers the likes of Waxahatchee and Courtney Barnett.

The Great Old Ones, Tekeli-Li
Posted inMusic

In Rotation: Metro publicist Jenny Lizak on a punk documentary to give teenage girls for Christmas

by Philip Montoro May 5, 2014August 18, 2021

Current obsessions of Metro publicist Jenny Lizak, and Smart Bar booker Marea Stamper (aka the Black Madonna)

The Punk Singer
Posted inFilm

Kathleen Hanna: Grrrl interrupted

by J.R. Jones December 11, 2013August 19, 2021

The Punk Singer profiles a feminist rocker who walked away.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Wed 2/20: Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines, Vacation Dad, and From Jail to Yale

by Drew Hunt February 20, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Wednesday, February 20, 2013.

Posted inBlogs

Kathleen Hanna on Teen Spirit and Stripping

by Miles Raymer December 21, 2010August 19, 2021

The former Bikini Kill front woman talks about her part in the Nirvana legend.

Posted inBlogs

Coolest Clothing Regifting Ever

by Heather Kenny October 15, 2010August 19, 2021

A happy solution to a laundry mishap.

Sarah Beardsley
Posted inNews & Politics

Venus’s Next Wave

by Michael Miner March 25, 2010August 19, 2021

The feminist magazine’s new owner hopes to raise it to new heights by rejecting its past.

Posted inNews & Politics

Revolution Girl-Style Now!

by Emily White September 24, 1992August 20, 2021

Notes From the Teenage Feminist Rock ‘n’ Roll Underground

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