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Saturday, November 08, 2008

Kathleen Hanna Essentials

I love Kathleen Hanna. I love my life, but tease that if I could come back as any one person in the world, it would be Kathleen. I wanna BE her. She's incredible.

Her music made such an impact on me. I don't know why. It did not have the empowering impact on me that it had on so many women at the time it came out. I was lucky in that my parents were always empowering me. My family was huge into equal rights, so I was raised thinking there was nothing I couldn't do. I guess Ms. Hanna impacted me by being her. She's so confident and amazing, I was inspired by her. So, in a sense, yes, she made me feel empowered, but not because of her supposed radical band's lyrics.

Anyway, I love this woman - in all her incarnations. I loved her in Bikini Kill the most and that is when I was so taken by her live performance. There is no other person who can draw me into a live show. Then, she did Julie Ruin...then Le Tigre. All some of my favorite acts.

Again, enjoy another one of my heroes.

Song Album Band
Feels Blind The C.D. Version Of The First Two Records Bikini Kill
Outta Me The C.D. Version Of The First Two Records Bikini Kill
Rebel Girl The C.D. Version Of The First Two Records Bikini Kill
Tony Randall Reject All American Bikini Kill
Reject All American Reject All American Bikini Kill
Strawberry Julius Singles Bikini Kill
Stay Monkey Julie Ruin Julie Ruin
Apt. #5 Julie Ruin Julie Ruin
Love Letter Julie Ruin Julie Ruin
Deceptacon Le Tigre [Bonus Tracks] Le Tigre
Eau D'Bedroom Dancing Le Tigre [Bonus Tracks] Le Tigre
Les And Ray Le Tigre [Bonus Tracks] Le Tigre
TKO This Island Le Tigre
Tell You Now This Island Le Tigre

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