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This is fresh air. I'm Terry Gross. Our guest is a co-founder of the feminist punk rock riot girl movement, musician, writer, and artist

Kathleen Hanna.

Her new memoir is called Rebel Girl, which is also the name of one of the best known songs

by her band Bikini Kill.

Kathleen Hanna spoke about her life and work with fresh airs and Marie Boldenaro.

We're Bikini Kill and we want Revolution.

Girls Don't know!

Hey girls friend, I got a proposition goes up in like this.

Tell you to do what you want.

Yeah, you to be who you will.

Yeah, you to cry right out loud.

You got so emotional pain. Kathleen Hannah has always been a force. She burst onto the music scene in the 90s as the front woman of Bikini Kill, a band that fearlessly confronted issues

of sexism and sexual assault while encouraging female empowerment through their music. Her raw vocals and

unapologetic lyrics help challenge punk rock norms and inspired others to do so

as well. Bikini Kill, along with other feminist punk bands, encouraged their fans to come to shows,

write zines, and form girl bands of their own, as a way to fight the sexism that existed in punk

and in wider society in general.

Hannah created a space for young women to express themselves,

fight against misogyny, and build community.

Bikini Hill made an enormous impact in music and in the lives of their fans, but as

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