As I've Gotten Older, I've Realized That

I Was In A Band In The '90s Called Bikini Kill, And We Were So Freaked Out About Documentation Then, And There Was The Whole Thing, Not Just About The Male Gaze, But That People Were Going To Misrepresent You... A Kind Fear Of The Mainstream That A Lot Of Us Had.

My Mom And I Had Secret From My Dad That We Didn't Think We Were Stupid, That We Didn't Think We Needed Feminism To Be Explained To Us.

Since I Loved Underground Music, I Tried To Carve A Space For Feminism Within It. Those Were My Hopes.

I Don't Think I've Ever Had A Woman Yell That At Me, But Women Have Yelled Mean Things At Me As Well.

There Are People Who View Their Feminism In Different Ways. I Used To Beat Myself Up If I Didn't React To Things Like I Was Supposed To.