I've Always Thought That "punk" Wasn't Really A Genre. My Band Started In Olympia Where K Records Was And K Records Put Out Music That Didn't Sound Super Loud And Aggressive. And Yet They Were Punk Because They Were Creating Culture In Their Own Community Instead Of Taking Their Cue From Mtv About What Was Real Music And What Was Cool. It Wasn't About A Certain Fashion. It Was About Your Ideology, It Was About Creating A Community And Doing It On Your Own And Not Having To Rely On, Kinda, "the Man" To Brand You And Say That You Were Okay.

-Kathleen Hanna

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I've Always Thought That "punk" Wasn't Really

Kathleen Hanna

I've Always Thought That "punk" Wasn't Really A Genre. My Band Started In Olympia Where K Records Was And K Records Put Out Music That Didn't Sound Super Loud And Aggressive. And Yet They Were Punk Because They Were Creating Culture In Their Own Community Instead Of Taking Their Cue From Mtv About What Was Real Music And What Was Cool. It Wasn't About A Certain Fashion. It Was About Your Ideology, It Was About Creating A Community And Doing It On Your Own And Not Having To Rely On, Kinda, "the Man" To Brand You And Say That You Were Okay.

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Fashion

Real

Men

My Political Views Have Definitely Changed Over The Years. Maybe A Better Way Of Saying It Is That I Have Grown Into My Convictions; The Values And Ideas Of Radical Feminism That I Started To Articulate In My Late Teens Feel More Internalized Or "second Nature."

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Feminism

Conviction