Kathleen hanna style

The highly influential riot grrrl provocateurs Bikini Kill return from a two-decade hiatus — but unfortunately, won’t be back for too long. Bikini Kill announced their reunion tour earlier this year, consisting of just a handful of shows in LA and NYC. A few additional shows were added in both locations, as well as two

The premiere of an unreleased track and an interview with bassist Kathi Wilcox.

For this month’s ‘Sweet 16’ column, Riot Grrrl legend Hanna candidly speaks about the extremely distressing side of her Junior year.

Riot grrrl was the first flame to light the candle of my unyielding rage, and now that the Supreme Court has ruled against my reproductive autonomy, I can feel the flame’s warmth again.

Feminist performer, punk icon, writer and frontwoman for Bikini Kill, Le Tigre and The Julie Ruin, Kathleen Hanna’s talents also include being an engaging public speaker. Thanks to her experience talking in front of journalists, unruly crowds at concerts, tamer audiences in university classrooms, libraries and lecture halls, she knows what she’s doing. Here she explains how to get up in front of a group of people, who may or may not be throwing things and yelling sexist insults at you from…