I always wanted to play music, but my family was more interested in handing me paints and markers. Art was always my favorite subject in school, and I can remember staying up all night drawing as a small child. My expression via art was extremely strong as I grew and hasn't stopped.
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 think this whole Billy Bush thing just pushed women over the edge because it's so visceral.
Kathleen HannaI realized that calling yourself a feminist or not calling yourself a feminist, just by being in a band of all girls, it's all you talk about.
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