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Kathleen Hanna talks about power that can be used for good, not just evil. She believes music can bring people together and change how groups form. She also pushes back against old feminist stereotypes and feels pressure when others expect her to act a certain way.

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There are more people who are not straight, white males going to shows.

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I'm in a really lucky position where people will be interested in whatever I do, but what I do is sing.

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I have no clue. I just know I would want to play the least amount of shows that the most people would…

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People have always had these weird things about how you have to be really good looking to be a singer.

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There are so many great artists that are doing interesting things, that I don't want to focus on boring people.

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In the '90s, people wore scrunchies, but it was very uncool in the punk scene.

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People are actually having conversations about "Is this sexist?"

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I feel like what I'm best at is being a musician and a performer. I want to use that to help people…

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There are people who view their feminism in different ways. I used to beat myself up if I didn't react to things…

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Johnny Rotten isn't punk. Maybe that's punk to somebody, but these people are participating and challenging the corporations that are telling us…

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It feels amazing and beautiful that music can have such an importance on the way that people form social groups. Music can…

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I don't like being in the service industry and having to deal with people yelling at me all the time. McDonald's was…

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It's the idea that we as people can control our own destinies. The government and the corporations, more even than the government,…

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I think open adoption is a great idea, because it allows a relationship between the birth mother and her child so that…

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To make riot grrrl move into the future in a new way with a bunch of new names and a bunch of…

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I was in a band in the '90s called Bikini Kill, and we were so freaked out about documentation then, and there…

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I do have personal relationships with a lot of "fans," in quotations. I answer all my mail, I get emails from fans,…

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Younger feminists actually care about stuff that came before them, the same way that I totally cared about and loved and felt…

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Certain people are like 'Oh, here come the Feminazis!' You end up acting 10 times nicer than you even need to be,…

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Part of being in a band, being a painter, or starting a nonprofit is that you're going to make horrible mistakes and…

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It's so important for people in political groups to learn the difference between productive criticism and not. When it's about something you…

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Not to rag on myself, but when people say, 'What does it feel like to be an icon?' I'm like, 'My dog…

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I'm really annoyed by the wave of country music that's just a list of stuff. It almost sounds like L.A. people writing…

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My mom was a housewife, and wasn't somebody that people would think of as a feminist, and when Ms. Magazine came out…

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I'm a big proponent of open adoption, because it allows a relationship between the birth mother and her child so that the…

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I belive power can be used for good, I don't think every form of power is absolute evil. I wish I would…

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I am possibly thinking about doing an Internet show in the future that will highlight political organizations that I seek out to…

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I felt like going out on the road and mixing it with music - which is something young people are always really…

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If people are like, 'Oh, you're an icon,' then whatever. But who thinks of themselves like that? It's not like I have…

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See who else is interested and join other people's projects that have already started that you like. You don't always have to…

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Defining art is huge; I feel like it's such a subjective thing. It's more like what's not art. You know what I…

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The more people, as you know, are able to be on whatever spectrum of femininity and masculinity they are on at that…

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If I can't sing them myself, there's nothing better than writing songs for other people and watching them be performed. It's kind…

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It's now taken for granted that women are in bands and you can say feminist things in your songs. But back in…

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Sometimes, being a feminist artist, there are times where I'm in a position where I just want to feel like I'm saying…

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Later as things progressed and I saw the direct correlation between being able to keep making records and having people know about…

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People can be in a prison of their own mind. [There are] people who don't have their hearts open to other people's…

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Well, part of the thing is, like, what's the difference between censorship and social responsibility? I sometimes find that the whole censorship…

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Music is an extremely powerful art medium that can really affect people's emotions. It is amazing to realize how much communities can…

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I'm more interested in a feminism that ends discrimination for all people. It's not just about a woman becoming the CEO of…

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When you're the person who's kind of in charge of everything a lot of the time, it's sometimes nice to get bossed around. It's…

I've always talked a lot on stage - I really wanted to communicate my ideas and when you're playing at a lot of shitty…

I belive power can be used for good, I don't think every form of power is absolute evil. I wish I would have stepped…

No one's female and male, we all have so many different traits. It's just a lie that these certain traits are male and these…

I think that the Internet is really cool because a lot of young feminists don't feel like they have to reinvent the wheel.

Every band I've been in, it's just become my total life. I feel like a child star - I've missed out on so much.

If I can't sing them myself, there's nothing better than writing songs for other people and watching them be performed. It's kind of more…

I'm really going off of watching John Waters speak one time and I remember he just kind of talked and it was totally interesting.…

You feel like people are looking at you like, 'I wanted the old Kathleen. Where's the old Kathleen?' I felt that way in the…

I don't want to waste the precious moments I have, and I've felt that way since I was 17. I have to take risks…