Kathleen Hanna is a singer, musician, artist, feminist activist and writer. She is the lead singer of Bikini Kill and was the frontwoman for Le Tigre and The Julie Ruins. Hanna pioneered riot grrrl, an underground feminist movement that helped women express anger, rage and frustration, and talk about issues like rape, domestic abuse, sexuality, racism, patriarchy, classicism, anarchism and female empowerment.
‘In Rebel Girl, Hanna amasses an impressive arsenal. Every time another man diminishes her and her work, she sharpens a sword, carves out another space for herself and her friends and starts filling it with interesting material’ New York Times ‘Capture[s] the life of a young woman trying to navigate a sexist culture while simultaneously finding her creative voice. There is an equal sense that Rebel Girl was written as a sort of road map for a new generation to pick up their own instruments and rock the world’ Vogue ‘Brutally honest’ Rolling Stone ‘Rebel Girl is Hanna in full: politically radical, funny and fearless. Just as Hanna has never held back as a performer, she writes unflinchingly about misogyny’ Vanity Fair ‘Gripping’ NYLON ‘A startlingly generous account of a life spent surviving worlds of male violence both personal and professional in order to build a better world for herself and the people she loves. It’s a riot’ Surface Magazine 'Honest, funny and raw’ LA Times 'Kathleen Hanna’s ability to flip – and flip off – expectations has made her one of the most riveting frontpeople in recent musical history … Her story, along with Bikini Kill’s upcoming tour, couldn’t feel more necessary' New York Times Book Review 'An unblinking, purple bruise of a memoir … stoic and empathetic in equal measure … The best parts of Rebel Girl detail Hanna’s difficulties navigating a world she and her peers had to make for themselves' Washington Post 'Hanna’s new memoir applies [her] caustic, introspective, politically astute and often mischievously playful voice to the ups and downs of her own life story … Candid and reflective, Rebel Girl tells the stories behind her best-known songs’ Time ‘Makes the case for hope and resilience in the face of hardship’ W Magazine