Rebel Girl

My Life as a Feminist Punk

De: Kathleen Hanna

Narrado por: Kathleen Hanna

Duración: 9 h y 48 m

Resumen del Editor

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre.

Hey girlfriend I got a proposition goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want

Kathleen Hanna’s band Bikini Kill embodied the punk scene of the 90s, and today her personal yet feminist lyrics on anthems like “Rebel Girl” and “Double Dare Ya” are more powerful than ever. But where did this transformative voice come from?

In Rebel Girl, Hanna’s raw and insightful new memoir, she takes us from her tumul­tuous childhood to her formative college years and her first shows. As Hanna makes clear, being in a punk “girl band” in those years was not a simple or safe prospect. Male violence and antagonism threatened at every turn, and surviving as a singer who was a lightning rod for controversy took limitless amounts of determination.

But the relationships she developed during those years buoyed her, including with her bandmates Tobi Vail, Kathi Wilcox, JD Samson, and Johanna Fateman. And her friendships with musicians like Kurt Cobain, Ian MacKaye, Kim Gordon, and Joan Jett reminded her that, despite the odds, the punk world could still nurture and care for its own. Hanna opens up about falling in love with Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys and her debilitating battle with Lyme disease, and she brings us behind the scenes of her musical growth in her bands Le Tigre and The Julie Ruin. She also writes candidly about the Riot Grrrl movement, documenting with love its grassroots origins but critiquing its exclusivity.

In an uncut voice all her own, Hanna reveals the hardest times along with the most joyful—and how they continue to fuel her revolutionary art and music.

©2023 Kathleen Hanna (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers

Power house human I loved it

It was really cool
Connecting all the dots of her career with different things that experiences during her timeline. A real treat to hear her raw and honest timelines in the punk scene. I loved her willingness to be open about mistakes and missteps. It really put me back into a portal of my own timeline and reflect on times I made the same mistakes. Loved it very much

Excellent

As someone who looked up to Kathleen Hanna in my teenage years (and now!)—this was an excellent memoir.

Instant Classic

Excellent all around. Kathleen is real and raw, yet thoughtful and empathetic, giving the reader insight into her life and the riot grrrl scene, yet critiquing both herself and the scene with the kind of maturity and insight that comes with experience and age. Easily joins Carrie Brownstein’s Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, Kim Gordon’s Girl in a Band, Alice Bag’s Violence Girl, and Viv Albertine’s Clothes Clothes Clothes Music Music Music Boys Boys Boys among my favorite feminist punk/grunge/alternative/indie memoirs.

I want to be heard…

So much of this story felt familiar to my heart. I loved listening to it in Kathleen’s voice and hearing all the tales in her words. I’ve never felt anything more than “No ones listened to me my whole life, and I want to be heard”… 🙏🏻🌹💞👯‍♀️

BAD ASS REBEL GIRL

inspiring and real! Thank you Kathleen Hanna! So honest, raw, and relatable.
big love sister!

Mayor of Punk Town

Overall very engaging listen that captured lots of Hanna’s stories and anecdotes. Mayor of Punk Town: Long live Mikey Dees aka “Tattoo Mikey Nelson” !

Needed this

This books articulates what being a girl in the scene means,
One story that is because it also points to the fact that there are so many unique experiences and that they are all ours and all ok.

RAW! Riveting! honest!

I've been waiting for this book for a VERY long time! It did NOT disappoint!!

Art Survival and Meaning

Beautifully read, beautifully written. I was super moved and proud to hear this story from someone I have known and always appreciated.
Thank you Kathleen!

Honest, Fierce, and Compassionate

I grew up in Tacoma during the 90s but knew little of the punk feminist scene. From this book, I learned more about the struggles of invalidation, violence, and the immense courage needed to keep pushing forward after every tragic event. Kathleen showed how this courage was cultivated through compassionate relationships, and a creative genius that wouldn’t let her stop creating. The foot long hot dog performance piece…Epic.