Kathleen Hanna on 3rd Wave Feminism & Why She's "With Her"

Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu

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🗓️ 6 July 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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A brief history of third wave feminism and how some of those ideas fit into politics todayPunk and feminist icon Kathleen Hanna join W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu on Politically Re-Active to talk about her time in the riot grrrl band Bikini Kill and what it was like to be at the forefront of third wave feminism. Not to mention, clarifying that for us. As well as the second wave. And the first.They discuss the prospect of the first female president, and what obligation - if any - women have to support her. (Yes, they definitely talk about that Gloria Steinem Bernie quote)She also talks about making music with her current band The Julie Ruin and how her process has changed since the early days in the riot grrrl scene.Her new album with the band The Julie Ruin drops July 8 on Hardly Art. It's called "Hit Reset" and you can pre-order it now at www.thejulieruin.com.Keep those tweets coming and tag us with #politicallyreactive. Oh and be on the lookout for two episodes dropping next week!

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0:00.0	I really like what Sanders did. I really like that he brought the conversation more to the left.
0:04.5	I don't think that Elizabeth Warren would be looking like she just came from the Hillary Clinton slumber party.
0:09.9	Right. Right.
0:10.5	In matching outfits with her on stage, like they seriously look like they're gonna like dry-hunt.
0:15.3	Really?
0:16.1	It was true!
0:20.5	From First Look Media and Penna Plei, this is politically reactive.
0:24.7	I'm Harry Kundebobli.
0:26.0	And I'm Debbie Khmelbell.
0:27.5	A show where two comedians try to make sense of politics in America.
0:31.2	It's like the political version of Game of Thrones.
0:34.7	Except not like that, really.
0:37.4	I've never seen Game of Thrones, but people seem to like it.
0:40.6	On today's show, we'll be talking with the legendary Kathleen Hannah.
0:44.5	She currently leads the band The Julie Ruin and before that, Leti Gray.
0:48.5	And of course, in the 90s, she was running the band Bikini Kill,
0:51.8	helping to create the right girl punk movement.
0:56.4	Kept her down.
0:59.3	Not to mention that she's also credited as one of the founders of Third Way Feminism,
1:04.4	and rather than trying to mansplain that, we'll just ask her about it.
1:08.1	Also, she's my friend.
1:09.7	Clearly her most important credit.
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