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I think as a culture, we don't like conflict or looking at icky stuff - especially in our downtime.

Kathleen Hanna

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Kathleen Hanna
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: November 12
Film Actor
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Portland
Oregon
Julie Ruin
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Downtime
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If I had to choose between the band or the friendships, I'd choose the friendships at this point.
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I'm so language-based and I'm so about communicating, and my art has always been very audience-based, and very about being functional and communicating something, and about feeling like I have to be heard.
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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 not villain-y enough. Because that's actually being a superhero. I would break down poverty with my machete I would end world hunger.
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As I've gotten older, I've realized that things are a lot more permeable. It's not so black and white: not every journalist is a jerk.
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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 a company or something. It's connected to racism and classism and gender issues that go beyond the binary.
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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 like I was supposed to.
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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 because why else would you be alive? Put your pirate patch on and go on an adventure because you only have one life to live.
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Jason Mraz, and the new James Blunt song is the worst thing that has ever been created on the face of the earth.
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I almost wish we would've filmed a whole fake tampon commercial around [I'm With Her].
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I'm a very binary person in a bad way where it's like everything is either totally great or totally awful.
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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 in, and I really regret it. And that's why I really encourage young people who are organizing to speak up.
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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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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.
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I'm living in a world where there are LGBTQ straight alliances at high schools. I feel pretty psyched on that.
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I didn't go to high school, I didn't go to college, I didn't have women's studies. All of my feminist ideals and education have been built around art and my friends and community. And so it's still growing.
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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 conversation of whether or not it's important, because if someone asks me that... I don't want to have a conversation with them until they grow up.
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The cool thing about the Internet is that it's allowing women more access to their own history.
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Feminism is something you do. It's a verb. It's what you are. It's an activity it's something you're actively engaged in.
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