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“No one has listened to me my whole life and I really want to be heard.”

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk by Kathleen Hanna

August 6, 2026 by Halbs Leave a Comment

My observation about punks, the real ones, is that they’re hard on everyone. Even themselves. Their highest standards come from a desire for things to be better than they are. It’s from having an open heart and caring deeply. In my younger years, a lot of my heroes were exacting artists who cared deeply. Unfortunately, a lot of them are now dead. The world was too much. Therefore, I’m very interested in the punks who survived and seem to be more at peace with the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Kathleen Hanna, music, Punk

Halbs's CBR18 Review No:10 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Kathleen Hanna, music, Punk ·
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Rebel Girl by Kathleen Hanna

July 7, 2024 by Templeton 1 Comment

As a fan of Kathleen Hanna, I was looking forward to reading her memoir Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk especially after attending an event where she spoke about the book. For those unfamiliar with Kathleen Hanna, she was part of the “Riot Grrl” movement in the 1990s as well as the lead singer /writer of the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Maybe because I was already familiar with her story, the book didn’t resonate as I hoped. The book is of […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #bikinikill, #memoir, Kathleen Hanna

Templeton's CBR16 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #bikinikill, #memoir, Kathleen Hanna ·
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