Ifs Quotes by Kathleen Hanna

13 Ifs quotes by Kathleen Hanna

Kathleen Hanna tackles the 'Ifs' with the same urgency she brings to her music and activism. In thirteen compact statements, she pushes readers to confront the stakes of choices, blending personal conviction with a call to act.

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It was one of the first things I did on my own; I worked at McDonald's, raised the money and did it.…

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Everybody wasn't always wasted. Why is punk rock about getting wasted? Isn't it punk rock to be sober and change the world?…

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Find something that makes you happy, like looking at beautiful pictures, or, if you're able, listening to beautiful music, or sitting by…

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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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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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I'm sure if you see things you wrote when you were 19, you cringe. I saw stuff like angry poetry that I…

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If I were a supervillain, I would end capitalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia... but I guess that's a little too obvious and…

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I don't need to convince men that feminism is important, that just isn't a goal of mine. I can't even have that…

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Most of my records are never going to be commercial successes, and I don't expect that. It's just all a learning process…

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People need to stand up, women need to stand up for each other and say, "No you can't kick this person like…

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If you really hate me, you should at least have the courtesy to take out a piece of paper and write it…

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I got hit up for a tampon commercial and so I asked [JD and Jo] if they had anything. Jo sent that…

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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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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…

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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 have stepped…

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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…

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

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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.

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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 of more…

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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.…

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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…

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