I'm really annoyed by the wave of country music that's just a list of stuff. It almost sounds like L.A. people writing country music, because it's just a list of stuff: 'My pickup truck and my cowboy boots and my Levi's jeans and my girlfriend with the short shorts.' It's so boring!
Kathleen HannaWell, part of the thing is, like, what's the difference between censorship and social responsibility? I sometimes find that the whole censorship argument is used as a way for people to avoid the fact that they're like.
Kathleen HannaFeminism is something you do. It's a verb. It's what you are. It's an activity; it's something you're actively engaged in.
Kathleen HannaMe and my friends in high school were the only girls who went to hardcore shows. It was three of us, and the rest of the audience was male. We didn't really think about it. We weren't thinking we were alienated or whatever, but eventually, as there started to be violence in the scene we were in during high school, we started to be turned off by the violence.
Kathleen HannaI'm more interested in a feminism that ends discrimination for all people. It's not just about a woman becoming the CEO of a company or something. It's connected to racism and classism and gender issues that go beyond the binary.
Kathleen HannaI always get โWhatโs wrong?โ or โLighten up.โ Half the time, when guys tell me to smile, Iโm not even frowning, Iโm thinking! Then Iโm like, Oh! Some men donโt want women to think! Do they all have walkie-talkies? Are they all in this together? Like, โOK, sheโs thinking, someone say something. Sheโs reading, go distract her.โ It starts feeling like that sometimes, doesnโt it?
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