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Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
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$15.99
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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.
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Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
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$15.99
JD –
Kathleen Hanna is a fantastic storyteller with a strong authorial voice. She puts you in the passenger seat for a guided tour of her life. It’s gripping, moving and at times very funny.
TangoChick –
Just as I imagined Kathleen Hanna’s writing would sound – honest, moving, dark, courageous, relatable, funny, kind, and real. Highly recommend!
brian –
Heart, soul, and honesty. Kathleen shares a journey you won’t forget. Witty and real. Buy it now, you won’t regret it.
scrapsofoz –
Wer sich für die Geschichte von Punk interessiert, kommt um dieses Buch nicht herum. Bands wie L7, Babes in toyland, Bikini kill und LeTigre erweiterten Punk um Feminismus, Anti-Sexismus und viele tolle Songs. Ein berührendes, schockierendes und wichtiges Buch.
Jenny –
This is a fantastic memoir of one woman’s experience as member of an female punk band. Even though punk was anti-establishment, it struggled with finding a place for female artists, Hanna skillfully recounts the hostility and weird double standard directed at female artists of the era. Hanna’s book is about her personal struggle, but undoubtedly describes similar struggles faced by many female artists in that era. As Hanna explains, female bands were viewed as ‘novelty acts’. As someone who lived through that era, I can say the lone female in a band was frequently sexualized and her talent dismissed. Hanna is a gutsy girl who swims against the male dominated world of punk and dares to create her own brand of feminist punk.
Honestly, I couldn’t put this book down. It’s one of the best biographies I’ve read in quite awhile. It’s a terrific memoir of a time and place that no longer exist, that happened not so long ago. I highly recommend.
Joy Spencer –
Thank you Kathleen Hanna for continuing to be open, vulnerable, and honest. This book is EVERYTHING that I hoped it would be. The read is as therapeutic as it is inspiring. As a musician and child of the 80s, Kathleen’s words helped to validate a lot of my personal experiences that I would often brush off as “normal.” We all need a little Rebel Girl to get us going and keep us sane!
Amy –
As a Kathleen Hanna fan I had a feeling I’d love this book, but even still I was blown away by her honesty, her self awareness, and her strength in sharing her story. Covering her experiences growing up, to her time in Bikini Kill, The Julie Ruin, and Le Tigre, her complicated relationship with the Riot Grrrl movement, and her relationship with Ad-Rock in short, digestible chapters you get raw, honest glimpses into her life over the years as you witness her growth and evolution as an artist and a person. It’s clear she’s done a lot of work to reflect and heal, and the people and experiences she shares are written about with grace and nuance. She handles her experiences and her descriptions of others in her life with such care in spite of the pain she’s experienced, and it’s really inspiring to read.
Ultimately, this is a really wonderful memoir from someone who has not only lived, but really taken the time to examine her experiences and how they’ve shaped her. This could not have been an easy book to write but it was an honor as a reader to be on the receiving end of such an inspiring, thoughtful life story.
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC, and thank you ME for proactively preordering this book when it was announced last August. I’m so happy to have this on my shelf.
Joy Spencer –
Raw, real, heartbreaking and inspiring. I will be reading this again. It’s stayed with me since I put it down. I love the scene, the movement, the time and the music. Kathleen is reflective and takes responsibility for her mess-ups. A rare thing these days. I am happy to know she is healthy and safe and thriving.
JayM –
Really enjoyed this book. Learnt so much about the person and the movement
Talisa N –
Love the stories and the background, particularly the last few parts, as Hanna finds her songwriting and band-building skills, finds love, and finds a cure. Writing is strong (though it could use commas, in places). The only place where Hanna lost me is when she apologized for not being perfectly “intersectional”–or because she was born white (and thus must be inherently racist).
megalurch –
An interesting, witty, amusing and often painful memoir by Kathleen Hanna. I love memoirs that have an amusingly sarcastic edge, which Rebel Girl does. Her style and intelligence comes through throughout the book. It’s also a book with a lot of impact, certainly highlighting the problems women have to deal with when it comes to chavinistic and creepy men, and with elitism. If you’re interested in Kathleen Hanna you will not be disapointed with Rebel Girl.