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Mel C addresses disputed origins of Spice Girls’ iconic slogan

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The Independent UK

Melanie C responds to accusation Spice Girls ‘stole’ their iconic ‘girl power’ mantra from another band

Pop group are credited with popularising the term in the mid-Nineties, but members have previously admitted to hearing it elsewhere

The Independent UK

There is a fascinating TV series to be made about a menopausal rock band – Riot Women isn’t it

Writer-director Sally Wainwright is a national treasure, but here she’s reduced the fury and passion of the riot grrrl movement to a minor plot device, says Tiff Bakker, a New York-based writer

The Guardian - UK

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Trio of rock, funk and punk guitarists team up with Til for new range of online lessons

Snarky Puppy’s Bob Lanzetti, Bikini Kill’s Sara Landeau and rock veteran Ben Mauro join Til’s ever-expanding roster of artists

Louder

‘We didn’t intend to create outrage’: Huggy Bear on radical politics, riot grrrl – and causing chaos on live TV

They said they’d exist for three years, then split. And that’s what the British punks did, winning love and notoriety for their feminist, queer worldview. Thirty years on, a new book tells their story

The Guardian - UK

Anger is an energy! Stars and writers on the songs that define punk spirit

As Patti Smith’s debut single turns 50, punk musicians and music writers pick the songs that define the genre’s resistance, rebellion and refusal

The Guardian - UK

“I can’t get into somebody else’s mind and decide what their problem is.” Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna was close friends with Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, but she still doesn't know why Courtney Love hated her so much

Kathleen Hanna on that one-sided 'feud' with Courtney Love

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Riot grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill: ‘There is nothing more punk than a menopausal woman’

The band’s feminist swagger and on-stage rage fuelled a Nineties rock revolution. Helen Brown speaks to frontwoman Kathleen Hanna and bassist Kathi Wilcox about balancing soundcheck and misogynists, navigating interband friction, and an infamous brawl with Courtney Love

The Independent UK

“The promoter came in and told us a bomb threat had been called in.” Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna lays bare the violence, abuse and misogyny directed at her fearless feminist punk band in brutally honest memoir Rebel Girl

Bikini Kill vocalist Kathleen Hanna shares her truth in raw, unflinching and unforgettable memoir Rebel Girl

Louder

Kathleen Hanna on being a "Rebel Girl"

In her memoir "Rebel Girl," the singer of Bikini Kill writes about finding joy in music, despite all the oppression

Salon

Riot grrrl pioneer Kathleen Hanna: ‘A lot of men really get off on watching a woman get angry’

The feminist punk coined the phrase ‘girl power’ and was responsible for the name of Nirvana’s biggest hit. She reflects on activism, illness, and never letting abuse define her

The Guardian - UK

“I wish that he would’ve seen us live past the stupid Nineties, you’re-a-sellout thing.” Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna on the enduring impact of Nirvana and the loss of her friend Kurt Cobain

Bikini Kill / Le Tigre vocalist Kathleen Hanna shares her memories of Kurt Cobain in her upcoming memoir Rebel Girl

Metal Hammer

One to watch: Problem Patterns

The Belfast queercore quartet are fluid and ferocious, drawing on Bikini Kill and dispensing with a front person

The Guardian - UK

"It was a lot of work writing this book. I'm not gonna say it was easy. I was a mess": Bikini Kill/Le Tigre's Kathleen Hanna announces 'raw and insightful' memoir Rebel Girl

Bikini Kill / Le Tigre icon Kathleen Hanna to publish Rebel Girl memoir next year

Louder

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The Guardian - UK

Le Tigre review – fun meets fury in an unmissable feminist pop reunion

Longtime musical activist Kathleen Hanna and her inspirational US party band return with a joyous yet fulminating set that takes no prisoners

The Guardian - UK

Kathleen Hanna’s feminist party band Le Tigre reunite: ‘It’s depressing our lyrics are still relevant 20 years later’

They got back together for a one-off show on Hanna’s doorstep. Then they realised they had unfinished business: to affirm their place in the punk canon and get warring feminists offline and revelling together

The New Daily

Thirty years of raging by Peaches, Bikini Kill and Björk, and they are still going strong

Bikini Kill rampages through hits such as Suck My Left One. Across town the next day, Peaches comes out wearing breast-shaped slippers.

The Conversation

Sexual exhibitionism, Riot Grrrl and climate change activism: 30 years of raging by Peaches, Bikini Kill and Björk, still going strong

Kathleen Hanna yells like she did in the 1990s, pushing the toxic male patriarchy out of the moshpit at Melbourne’s The Forum on the eve of International Women’s Day.

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ABC News

Bikini Kill last played in Australia in 1997. They reflect on 25 years of feminism, and the social media age

In 2023, Bikini Kill will return to Australia for the first time since 1997. Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail and Kathi Wilcox reflect on what's changed since then, and why the band "wouldn't have lasted more than a few months" in the social media age.

The Orange County Register

The Linda Lindas are ready to rock the Hollywood Bowl. Even though it’s a school night

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Linda Lindas had just gotten back from a quick weekend trip to Chicago to play Riot Fest, racing home to Los Angeles after opening the main stage Sunday because they had someplace to be Monday morning.

Chicago Sun-Times

Riot Fest reviews Day 3: Linda Lindas play with youthful innocence

Nine Inch Nails, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Coolio, Jawbox also set to play during festival’s finale at Douglass Park.

Tribune News Service

Bikini Kill returns to Northwest, its riot grrrl music and message more relevant than ever

SEATTLE — There wasn't really a script. But it'd be tough to write a better one.

Los Angeles Times

Kathleen Hanna on the return of Le Tigre, 'gross' fans who won't mask up and the summer of Beyoncé

Never one known for her eagerness to submit to interviews, Kathleen Hanna was happy, she admitted on a recent afternoon, to be talking to anybody at all.

Los Angeles Times

In the '90s, a new breed of rock stars organized for abortion rights. Could that happen today?

LOS ANGELES — This past June, across the Atlantic, over 200,000 fans descended upon the pastoral English village of Pilton, Somerset, for this year's Glastonbury Festival. Yet for many in attendance, particularly for U.S. citizens, the weekend's music was overshadowed by some breaking news: On June 24, the U.S. Supreme…

The Independent UK

The 18 best festivals in the UK and Europe for 2022

After two very quiet years, there’s more than enough to keep music fans happy through summer. Roisin O'Connor, Adam White, Annabel Nugent and Jacob Stolworthy have picked the best of the bunch

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