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“I wanted to make something that I wanted to hear that I wasn’t hearing.”
Happy Moxie Monthly! As release date approaches, we’d like to honor a Moxie girl central to our story: Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill! Instrumental in the beginning of third wave feminism and the inclusion of women in punk, her title of Moxie girl is well deserved. And while most know her iconic songs and what she stands for, we’d like to dig a little deeper and show you how she got where she is today.
Kathleen Hanna was born in Portland, but spent much of her early life constantly on the move. At age 9, she first became interested in feminism when her mother started attending rallies and reading feminist publications. The two quickly bonded over feminism, her mother checking out feminist literature like The Feminine Mystique and subscribing to Ms. Magazine, and young Hanna cutting up those magazines to make her own feminist posters and collages. The two had to hide their new interest from Hanna’s disapproving father until the divorce.
Her passion grew every year, and she began to express her experiences and frustrations with sexism in other mediums. In college, she and a friend set up a photography exhibit dealing with subjects like sexism and AIDS; it was promptly taken down by the school, and Hanna cites this act of censorship as her first foray into activism. She also got into spoken-word poetry, but finally switched to music after a discussion with feminist writer Kathy Acker, who admired Hanna’s desire to express herself but noted that she’d be better off in the music scene where she’d have more listeners.
She started and played in many bands, including Amy Carter, The Julie Ruin, Viva Knievel, and finally, Bikini Kill, which became a staple of the Olympia music scene in the 90s. She and her band emphasized political action, awareness, and empowerment of women. Her songs, zines, and ‘girls to the front’ ethos not only encouraged women to enjoy punk, but helped keep them safe while they were doing so, out of dangerous mosh pits and safe from harassers.
Looking back, Hanna acknowledges criticisms of the riot grrrl movement as a largely white, cis, and middle class movement and regrets it was not more inclusive. She looks forward to new projects, like the People of Color Zine Project, that aim to make riot grrrl intersectional and accessible to all.
And although that about sums her up, we can’t get enough of Kathleen Hanna! So before we go, here are 5 fun facts about this riot grrrl:
She invented the title of “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. Referring to the deoderant, Hanna scrawled “Kurt smells like teen spirit” on his wall.
She battled Lyme disease. The chronic illness made it difficult & even impossible to play some days, but she was pronounced Lyme free 2015.
She was a hostess at a gay bar. Her signature hostess songs were The Clash’s Should I Stay or Should I Go & Kool and the Gang’s Celebration.
The biggest feminist issue to her is poverty “because if you’re just trying to put food on the table, you’re not part of the conversation.”
She’s still making music! Julie Ruin reunited and released an album, Hit Reset, just last year.
“I’d like for the girls to get a chance to be who they are. For young transgender people to go to school, learn like everyone else does, and then get out there and live their lives, not afraid or thinking that the only solution for them is death.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
As Pride Month comes to a close, we would like to honor the iconic grandmatriarch of all trans women. This week’s #WomanCrushWednesday is Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, an incredible trans activist and mother figure to the LGBT community. Known simply as ‘mama’, this Stonewall veteran’s taken many under her wing over the years. She feeds, educates, provides healthcare and legal help for trans women, specifically trans women of color, in or recently out of jail. She’s saved many lives and helped pull transgender women out of addiction and the sex industry through rehabilitation and reassimilation programs. She also helped during the AIDS crisis, stepping up to the plate when many were too afraid or prejudiced to. Thank you to this revolutionary trans feminist for all her amazing work. To finish up, here are five fun facts about Miss Major.
She was named by a psychic. Predicting the difficult path ahead of her, the psychic suggested she needed a name with strength and character.
She was a showgirl. The self-described “glamour puss” performed at the Jewel Box Revue, arguably one of America’s first gay communities.
She was an original member of the 1st all-transgender gospel choir. The Transcendence Gospel Choir challenges bigotry from a place of faith
She’s got a few woman crushes herself. Among them, Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, Liz Taylor and Angela Davis.
She needs our help. Some concerned kids and grandkids of hers are currently running a GoFundMe for her retirement. Take a look!
How to Start a Feminist Club at your School!
Interested in starting a Moxie club at your own school or even just in your neighborhood? Here are some tips to get you started.
Find each other! Post fliers in your school or even try making a zine! Seek out girls online who you think might share your interest in feminism and equality.
Set a meeting spot. Sharing community online is great, but looking each other in the eye and talking face to face can make your connections even stronger. Ask a friendly teacher if you can use her classroom.
It’s okay to have a meeting (or meetings!) just to talk about how you feel. Feminists of earlier generations used to call it “consciousness raising” – it means reaching out and sharing personal stories that will help you become even more aware of big issues facing women and girls. You could choose to talk about a certain topic – body image, harassment, or dreams for the future. You’ll quickly find that you have a lot in common and some of the experiences, worries, or hopes you have are shared by other girls just like you. It can be helpful to set up general rules for sharing – like each girl gets a chance to speak before a person speaks twice.
If you want to add a service element to your group, try looking in your own community or school first. Is there a girls’ sports team that needs extra support? Can you call up your local women’s shelter to find out what supplies they need and then host a drive at your school? One idea is to do a drive to collect tampons, pads, and other female hygiene products for shelters in your town. A lot of shelters are low on these products.
Find a sponsor. Is there a teacher on your campus who seems open to talking about women’s issues? Ask if she can be your club sponsor. A good sponsor should make sure students run the club, but a good sponsor can also gently offer suggestions, resources, and ideas for how to make your club even stronger.
Screen a film! Use club time to screen a documentary dealing with feminist issues. Some titles include She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, The Punk Singer, Miss Representation, The Hunting Ground, Dark Girls, The Education of Shelby Knox, and Half the Sky.
Address issues in your school. Is there something going on at your school that needs attention? Get a club member to write an editorial for the school paper or try a Moxie-style stunt. Make protest T-shirts and coordinate a day to wear them. Create provocative posters and fliers and post them in the bathrooms and hallways.
How to Start a Feminist Club at your School!
Interested in starting a Moxie club at your own school or even just in your neighborhood? Here are some tips to get you started.
Find each other! Post fliers in your school or even try making a zine! Seek out girls online who you think might share your interest in feminism and equality.
Set a meeting spot. Sharing community online is great, but looking each other in the eye and talking face to face can make your connections even stronger. Ask a friendly teacher if you can use her classroom.
It’s okay to have a meeting (or meetings!) just to talk about how you feel. Feminists of earlier generations used to call it “consciousness raising” – it means reaching out and sharing personal stories that will help you become even more aware of big issues facing women and girls. You could choose to talk about a certain topic – body image, harassment, or dreams for the future. You’ll quickly find that you have a lot in common and some of the experiences, worries, or hopes you have are shared by other girls just like you. It can be helpful to set up general rules for sharing – like each girl gets a chance to speak before a person speaks twice.
If you want to add a service element to your group, try looking in your own community or school first. Is there a girls’ sports team that needs extra support? Can you call up your local women’s shelter to find out what supplies they need and then host a drive at your school? One idea is to do a drive to collect tampons, pads, and other female hygiene products for shelters in your town. A lot of shelters are low on these products.
Find a sponsor. Is there a teacher on your campus who seems open to talking about women’s issues? Ask if she can be your club sponsor. A good sponsor should make sure students run the club, but a good sponsor can also gently offer suggestions, resources, and ideas for how to make your club even stronger.
Screen a film! Use club time to screen a documentary dealing with feminist issues. Some titles include She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, The Punk Singer, Miss Representation, The Hunting Ground, Dark Girls, The Education of Shelby Knox, and Half the Sky.
Address issues in your school. Is there something going on at your school that needs attention? Get a club member to write an editorial for the school paper or try a Moxie-style stunt. Make protest T-shirts and coordinate a day to wear them. Create provocative posters and fliers and post them in the bathrooms and hallways.
You barely realize that the shift from ‘like’ to ‘something more’ is happening, until it’s too late. You’re a goner. Totally smitten. Then it’s 2:30 in the morning and you reach the last page with tears streaming down your cheeks and it hits you: IT’S LOVE. IT’S BEEN LOVE THIS ENTIRE TIME.
How Reading is Pretty Much Exactly Like Dating (via swoonreads)
Today’s read: CHALLENGER DEEP by Neal Shusterman
First line:
“There are two things you should know. One: You were there. Two: You couldn’t have been there.“
Take a little break ~ by: Nathalie Voisine
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