Kathleen Hanna

Kathleen Hanna (born November 12, 1968) is an American singer, musician and pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. In
Kathleen Hanna
the early-to-mid-1990s, she was the lead singer of feminist punk band Bikini Kill,[2][3] and then fronted the electronic rock band Le Tigre in the late 1990s and
early 2000s. Since 2010, she has recorded as the Julie Ruin.[4]

In 2009, Hanna made her zines, art pieces, photography, video, music, journals, and other material which focus on the early formation of the Riot Grrrl
movement available at the Fales Library at New York University. A documentary film about Hanna was released in 2013 by director Sini Anderson, titled The
Punk Singer, detailing Hanna's life and career, as well as revealing her years-long battle with Lyme disease. Hanna is married to Adam Horovitz of the Beastie
Boys.[1]

Life and career

1968–1988: Early life and feminism

Hanna was born November 12, 1968, in Portland, Oregon.[5] At age three, her family moved to Calverton, Maryland; as Hanna's father changed occupations, the
family moved several more times.[5] Hanna first became interested in feminism around the age of nine, after her mother took her to a rally in Washington, D.C.
where feminist icon Gloria Steinem spoke.[6] In a 2000 interview with BUST magazine, Hanna recalled: "My mom was a housewife and wasn't somebody that
Hanna performing in London, 2016
people would think of as a feminist, and when Ms. magazine came out we were incredibly inspired by it. I used to cut pictures out of it and make posters that said
'Girls can do anything', and stuff like that, and my mom was inspired to work at a basement of a church doing anti-domestic violence work. Then she took me to Born November 12, 1968
the Solidarity Day thing, and it was the first time I had ever been in a big crowd of women yelling, and it really made me want to do it forever."[7] Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Other names Julie Ruin
Hanna's interest grew when her mother checked out a copy of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique from the library. Their involvement in the women's rights
Alma mater The Evergreen State
movement was done quietly during Hanna's childhood, due to her father's disapproval.[8]
College

Upon her parents' divorce, Hanna returned to Portland and attended Lincoln High School and Grant High School.[9] After high school, she relocated from Occupations Musician · activist ·
Portland to Olympia, Washington, to attend The Evergreen State College in the late 1980s. During this time she worked as a stripper to pay her tuition.[10][11][12] writer
"My parents didn't go to college. I felt lucky [to attend]."[13] While at Evergreen, with fellow student and photographer Aaron Baush-Greene, she set up a photo Spouse Adam Horovitz ​(m. 2006)
exhibit featuring the pair's photography, which dealt with sexism, violence against women, and AIDS – issues that were heightened for Hanna when she [1]

volunteered for SafePlace, a domestic violence organization.[14] However, the school administrators took the photos down before they had the chance to be Children 1
viewed, an act of censorship that prompted what Hanna refers to as her "first foray into activism": the creation of Reko Muse, an independent feminist art
Musical career
gallery, with friends Heidi Arbogast and Tammy Rae Carland.[14]
Origin Olympia, Washington
Hanna began doing spoken word performances that addressed sexism and violence against women. Eventually, she abandoned spoken word in favor of music Genres Punk rock · riot grrrl ·
after a conversation with one of her favorite writers, countercultural icon Kathy Acker. Hanna recalled, indie rock · electronic
rock
Acker asked me why writing was important to me, and I said, 'Because I felt like I'd never been listened to and I had a lot to say,' and she said, 'Then Instrument(s) Vocals · guitar · bass ·
why are you doing spoken word—no one goes to spoken word shows! You should get in a band.'[15] sampler · drums · drum
machine
Hanna then formed a band with Arbogast and Carland, called Amy Carter, which put on shows before the art exhibitions.[6] Years active 1989–present
Member of The Julie Ruin
1989–1999: Bikini Kill Formerly of Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, Viva
Knievel, Suture
Later, Hanna started another band called Viva Knievel that toured the United States for two months before disbanding. Upon
returning to Olympia in 1990, Hanna began collaborating with Evergreen student, drummer and punk zinester Tobi Vail after
seeing a performance of the Go Team (a band made up of Vail, Billy Karren, and Calvin Johnson) and recognizing Vail as the mastermind behind the fanzine Jigsaw that
Hanna greatly admired and loved.[16] In October 1990, Hanna and Vail joined with Karren and bassist Kathi Wilcox to form Bikini Kill, which soon became part of the
seminal early-1990s Olympia, Washington music scene. One goal of the band was to inspire more women to join the male-dominated punk scene.[3] While Bikini Kill
were in Washington, D.C. during summer 1991, Kathleen recorded with two side projects, featured on the compilation cassette A Wonderful Treat: Suture (with Sharon
Cheslow and Dug E. Bird), and Wondertwins (with Tim Green of Nation of Ulysses). Bikini Kill, Suture, and Wondertwins all performed at the International Pop
Underground Convention in August 1991.[17][18]

Bikini Kill's first release for the Kill Rock Stars label was a self-titled EP produced by Ian MacKaye of Fugazi. Bikini Kill then toured the UK, recording a split LP with UK
band Huggy Bear. This tour was filmed and the band was interviewed by Lucy Thane for her documentary, It Changed My Life: Bikini Kill in the UK. Upon returning to
the U.S., the band began working with Joan Jett, who produced their single "New Radio/Rebel Girl". After the single's release, Hanna began co-writing songs with Jett for
her new album. At the same time, Hanna recorded her spoken-word "Rockstar", released on a 7-inch single in the Kill Rock Stars "Wordcore" series; and "I Wish I Was
Him", which appears on the KRS compilation Rock Stars Kill. The song, written by Ben Lee about alternative rock heartthrob Evan Dando,[19] was originally recorded by
Lee's band Noise Addict.

Hanna performing with Bikini The first two Bikini Kill EPs were released on CD as The C.D. Version of the First Two Records in 1993.[20] The band released two more
Kill in 1991 full-length albums, Pussy Whipped in 1994 and Reject All American in 1996, and in 1998, Kill Rock Stars released Bikini Kill: The Singles,
a collection of the group's seven-inch and compilation tracks. Bikini Kill amicably disbanded in mid-1998.

2000–present: Le Tigre and the Julie Ruin

After Bikini Kill's breakup, Hanna began working on a solo project called Julie Ruin. The project was created entirely in Hanna's bedroom using a $40 drum machine.
One self-titled album was released under the Julie Ruin pseudonym, and was partially inspired by the work of feminist theorist Julia Kristeva.[21]

Hanna said of the project:

Girls' bedrooms sometimes can be this space of real creativity. The problem is that these bedrooms are all cut off from each other. I wanted the Julie Ruin record
to sound like a girl from her bedroom made this record but then didn't just throw it away or it wasn't just in her diary but she took it out and shared it with
people.[22]

While in Portland, Oregon, Hanna began working with friend and then-zine editor Johanna Fateman on a live show for Julie Ruin. The collaboration resulted in the two
briefly forming a band called the Troublemakers, named after a G. B. Jones film,[23] which ended when Fateman relocated to New York City to attend art school.
Kathleen Hanna performing
Hanna soon moved to New York City, and with the addition of filmmaker Sadie Benning, they started another band called Le Tigre based upon a more electronic style of with Bikini Kill, 1996
music, similar to the sampler-driven sound Hanna had begun to explore with Julie Ruin. (She later revealed to Bust magazine that she was "totally broke" at this time and
ate oatmeal daily.[24]) Hanna refers to it as part of a "Punk Feminist Electronic genre".[25] The band recorded for the Mr. Lady Records label, its first recording being an
eponymous album which included the singles "Hot Topic" and "Deceptacon." Benning then left the band and was replaced by JD Samson for their second album, Feminist Sweepstakes.

Mr. Lady Records folded, and the group switched to Universal Records for the 2004 release of This Island. Hanna left the band in 2005 due to illness; she was later diagnosed with late-stage Lyme
disease.[26] According to the Le Tigre website, during her time off from the band, Hanna volunteered as a band coach for the Willie Mae Rock and Roll Camp for Girls. She also taught an art class at
NYU's grad school in the Fall 2007 semester and attended interior design classes.[27] In 2010, Hanna DJed at the Museum of Modern Art, later joining the Raincoats on stage to cover the Slits'
Vindictive.[28]

Also in 2010, Hanna announced she was rebuilding her 1997 act Julie Ruin, turning it into a full band called the Julie Ruin with Kenny Mellman and Kathi Wilcox, and that they would be creating a new
record. The band played their first show at Knitting Factory in New York City which included songs from Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, and one new composition.[29][30] From 2010 to 2013, director Sini
Anderson worked on a documentary on Kathleen Hanna titled The Punk Singer, documenting her works from Bikini Kill to the Julie Ruin. It premiered at SXSW in 2013.[31] In June 2013, Julie Ruin
released its first single, "Oh Come On". An album, Run Fast was released in September 2013 with the band going on tour. The band cancelled the tour planned for May to September 2014 due to
Hanna's Lyme disease condition deteriorating.[32] She has since recovered and begun performing again. The Julie Ruin's second album, Hit Reset, was published in July 2016 by Hardly Art.[33]

Activism and impact

Hanna's outspoken feminism has always influenced her work. She became a voice for third-wave feminism and the Riot Grrrl movement in 1991.[34] In 1991, Bikini Kill spent the summer in
Washington, D.C., where Hanna began collaborating with Allison Wolfe, Molly Neuman, and Jen Smith from the band Bratmobile on the zine Riot grrrl, which became a call to action for young women
to embrace feminism and equal female involvement in the punk rock scene.[35]

We wanted to start a magazine, and Allison Wolfe and Molly Neuman from the band Bratmobile had started a little fanzine called riot grrrl and we were writing little things for it. I'd always
wanted to start a big magazine with really cool, smart writing in it, and I wanted to see if the other punk girls in D.C. that I was meeting were interested in that. So I called a meeting and found
a space for it, and it just turned into this sort of consciousness-raising thing. I realized really quickly that a magazine wasn't the way to go. People wanted to be having shows, and teaching each
other how to play music, and writing fanzines, so that started happening. It got some press attention, and girls in other places would be like "I wanna do that. I wanna start one of those."

The zines "cover[ed] strategies for safety in the mosh pit",[36] "exploration of political ideas",[37] and creating a collective for punk feminist women. The Bikini Kill Zine, which began in 1991, was born
from this, along with the desire to present "feminist issues through a punk rock lens." By Issue Two, the Riot Grrrl Manifesto was born, urging women to defy society's expectations upon them as
women, and to form a collective for women to freely discuss current issues. While Hanna never sought nor intended to become the spokeswoman for Riot Grrl, she hoped that it would provide a voice
for issues that are relevant to women on local, national, and global levels.[38]

At Bikini Kill concerts, Hanna would ask women to move to the front of the stage to avoid harassment from males, as part of her idea of "girls to the front' or "Revolution Girl Style Now."[22] In a mostly
male-dominated punk rock scene where shows often turned violent because of mosh pits (where women were often assaulted), Hanna wanted space for women to be able to feel safe. Additionally, with
a barrier of girls in the front rows, she too could feel safe and supported at her own shows, where male hecklers were constantly present.

Her feminist contributions to punk music are also evident in her lyrics. In an interview with Nicole Brodeur from The Seattle Times, it is said that, "Hanna's lyrics were about girls who did and wore
what they wanted, despite societal expectations."[39] Hanna: "It doesn't mean you're not a feminist because you expose your legs." She zeroed in on the idea that women should have the ability to
express themselves in any way they please, without backlash, and her performances regularly reflected such themes. Bradeur: "Hanna exposed her breasts and rear-end with lust-killing bluntness; she
wore a girlish ponytail and danced around with 'slut' written in lipstick across her midriff."

In 1991, Hanna performed with Bikini Kill (alongside Fugazi) at the Pro-Choice Rally at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. before the Planned Parenthood v. Casey trial. Having had an abortion
herself at 15, Hanna said: "It's about women not dying in back-alley abortions, but it's also about women saying: 'My life is worth it, too. I deserve to have control over my life and my health care.'
Imagine if a man was told, 'You can't make the decision to have a vasectomy.'"[40][41] Hanna also spoke at the 2011 Planned Parenthood "Stand Up for Women's Health" Rally. During her speech, she
told her story of when she was 19 years old, on tour, and broke. She had acquired an infection, was extremely ill, and walked into a Planned Parenthood clinic for help. Despite having less than $10 in
her pocket, she was "met with open arms" at the clinic, was treated with respect, and received medical care.[42]

Hanna contributed the piece "Gen X Survivor: From Riot Grrrl Rock Star to Feminist Artist" to the 2003 anthology Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium, edited by
Robin Morgan.[43] The riot grrrl genre, to which Hanna was central, has been credited as a historical site for the empowerment of women by such documentaries as The Punk Singer, which credits
Hanna with having molded many tenets of third-wave feminism.[44]

In 2009, the Fales Library at New York University created a Riot Grrrl Collection which focuses on the early formation of the Riot Grrrl movement, and has a series of zines, art pieces, photography,
video, music, journals, and more. Some of Hanna's solo work, along with zines that she has created with Bikini Kill and other collaborators are also included.[45] The Bikini Kill archive is also available
online.[24]

In a 2014 interview with Amy Middleton of Australian webzine Archer, Hanna stated that she supported marriage equality. Hanna also noted that while on tour with Le Tigre, she met teenagers who
had told her of starting LGBT groups and gay/straight alliances in their high schools; she said, "Hearing that made me feel so hopeful for the future". In the same interview, Hanna stated she was
saddened by trans-exclusionary feminist movements, and appeared to support transfeminism.[46] Previously, critics had suggested Hanna was trans-exclusionary for having performed at the Michigan
Womyn's Music Festival in 2001 and 2005, which had a policy of exclusively allowing "womyn-born-womyn" into the event.[47]

In 2018, Hanna started "Tees 4 Togo", a project which sells t-shirts with drawings of Hanna's friends such as Kim Gordon, Patton Oswalt, Joan Jett, and Chuck D, along with artists such as Sarah
Larnach, Adee Roberson, and Hannah Lucy.[13] 100% of the proceeds go to the non-profit Peace Sisters, which helps fund local girls' school tuition costs in Dapaong, Togo.[48] The cost of one $40 shirt
funds an entire school year for a student.[48]

Personal life
Hanna was identified as bisexual in a 1993 Out article,[49] although other sources have described her as simply an ally to the gay community.[50] However, in a May 2024 episode of the Gayotic podcast,
Hanna confirmed that she identifies as bisexual.[51] In 2006, Hanna married Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys.[5] The songs "Capri Pants" by Bikini Kill and "Just My Kind" by the Julie Ruin are
written about their relationship.[52][53] Hanna and Horovitz were reported in 2024 to be living in Pasadena, California, with their ten-year-old son.[54]

Hanna suffered from Lyme disease for six years before it was correctly diagnosed.[55] The disease forced her to enter a three-month course of treatment in 2014, resulting in canceling live performances
with her band the Julie Ruin.[32] In 2013 in Bust magazine she revealed that Horovitz "took care of me throughout the whole thing."[24] By June 2015, tests revealed that she was Lyme-free.[56]

In popular culture
Hanna came up with the name for Nirvana's 1991 breakthrough single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by writing "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on Kurt Cobain's wall. At the time, Cobain was unaware that
Hanna was referring to a deodorant marketed specifically to young women, and thought that the phrase would anchor the song's theme.[57]
The NOFX song "Kill Rock Stars," from the album So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes, is written about Hanna, referencing her by name: "Kill the rockstars? How ironic, Kathleen. You've been
crowned the newest queen." The song's title is a reference to Bikini Kill's label, Kill Rock Stars.[58]
She appears in the music video for Sonic Youth's song "Bull in the Heather".[59]
Hanna is featured in a monologue at the end of the song "Heartbeat" on Mike Watt's album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?.[60]
She is referenced in an Idles' song "Mr. Motivator."[61]
Hanna is referenced in the song "For a Girl in Rhinelander, WI" by Wingnut Dishwashers Union'.[62]
She collaborated with Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for the 1990s style sitcom intro theme song in the Marvel Studios series WandaVision.[63]
Hanna appears twice in the 2020 documentary film The Go-Go's that premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast on Showtime later that year.[64] In it, she recalls attending a
Go-Go's concert in 1982 and the impact it had on her.[65]

Discography

Bikini Kill

Albums
Revolution Girl Style Now! self-released cassette (1991)
Bikini Kill EP, Kill Rock Stars (1991)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah split LP with Huggy Bear, Catcall Records (UK), Kill Rock Stars (US) (1993)
Pussy Whipped, Kill Rock Stars (1993)
The C.D. Version of the First Two Records (compilation of the Bikini Kill EP and their half of the Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah split LP), Kill Rock Stars (1994)
Reject All American, Kill Rock Stars (1996)
The Singles, Kill Rock Stars (1998)

Singles
"New Radio"/"Rebel Girl" 7-inch single, Kill Rock Stars (1993)
"The Anti-Pleasure Dissertation" 7-inch single, Kill Rock Stars (1994)
"I Like Fucking"/"I Hate Danger" 7-inch single, Kill Rock Stars (1995)

Compilation appearances
"Feels Blind" on Kill Rock Stars LP/CD (1991)
"Candy" on Throw: The Yoyo Studio Compilation, Yoyo Records (1991)
"Daddy's Lil' Girl" on Give Me Back LP, Ebullition Records (1991)
 "Suck My Left One" on There's a Dyke in the Pit, Outpunk Records (1992)

Julie Ruin
Julie Ruin, Kill Rock Stars (1998)

The Julie Ruin

Run Fast, TJR Records (2013)
Hit Reset, Hardly Art (2016)

Le Tigre

Albums
Le Tigre, Mr. Lady (1999)
Feminist Sweepstakes, Mr. Lady (2001)
This Island, Universal (2004)

Singles and EPs

"Hot Topic" (1999)
From the Desk of Mr. Lady EP (2001)
Remix (2003)
"New Kicks (2004)
"TKO" (2004)
"After Dark" (2005)
This Island Remixes Volume 1 EP, Chicks on Speed Records (2005)
This Island Remixes Volume 2 EP, Chicks on Speed Records (2005)
"Standing in the Way of Control" 12-inch split EP with the Gossip, Kill Rock Stars (2006)
"I'm with Her" (2016)

Miscellaneous

Viva Knievel
"Boy Poison" 7-inch EP, Ultrasound Records (1990)

Suture
A Wonderful Treat compilation cassette (1991)
"Suture" 7-inch EP, Decomposition/Dischord (1992)

The Fakes
Real Fiction LP, Kill Rock Stars (1995)

Solo and guest appearances

Rock Star/Mean (Wordcore Volume 1), Kathleen Hanna and Slim Moon, Kill Rock Stars[66] (1991)
Play Pretty for Baby, The Nation of Ulysses (1992); includes backing vocals by Hanna
Rock Stars Kill, Various Artists, Kill Rock Stars (1994); includes Hanna's "I Wish I Was Him"
Ball-Hog or Tugboat? LP/CD, Mike Watt (1995);[67] Hanna is featured on the song "Heartbeat"
Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense, Various Artists, Epic (1996); includes "Go Home", written and performed with Joan Jett and Evil Stig
60 second wipe out, Atari Teenage Riot (1999); Hanna is featured on lead vocals on the song "No Success"[67]
Featuring... LP, Internal/External, K Records (2000)
Playgroup, Playgroup (2001); Hanna is featured on lead vocals on the song "Bring It On"
Realistes, Comet Gain (2002); Hanna is featured on the song "Ripped-Up Suit"[67]
"Wordy Rappinghood", Chicks on Speed (2003); features Hanna on vocals[67]
Naked, Joan Jett (2004); "Kiss on the Lips" is a duet with Hanna
American Idiot, Green Day (2004); the song "Letterbomb" begins with vocals by Hanna as the character Whatsername[67]
Sinner, Joan Jett (2007); Hanna contributes to the songs "Five", "Watersign", "Baby Blue" and "Tube Talkin"
Hey Hey My My Yo Yo, Junior Senior (2007); Hanna is featured on the song "Dance, Chance, Romance"
"Eating Makeup", Seth Bogart (2016); features vocals by Hanna
Chill, dummy, P.O.S (2017); Hanna is featured on the song "Sleepdrone/Superposition"[68]
Phosphorescent Panic, Chelsea Peretti (2020); Hanna is featured on "BDR"[69]
"Let's Keep It Going", Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (2021); features vocals by Hanna[70]

Bibliography
Rebel Girl: My Life As A Feminist Punk

Fanzines
My life with Evan Dando: Popstar
The Kathleen Hanna newsletter
Le Tigre zine/tour program

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