Kathleen Hanna
American musician and feminist activist
Kathleen Hanna (born November 12, 1968) is an American singer, musician and pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. She is the lead singer of feminist punk band Bikini Kill and fronts the electropunk band Le Tigre. She has also recorded as the Julie Ruin.
In 2009, Hanna made her zines, art pieces, photography, video, music, journals, and other material which focus on the early formation of the Riot Grrrl movement available at the Fales Library at New York University. A documentary film about Hanna was released in 2013 by director Sini Anderson, titled The Punk Singer, detailing Hanna's life and career, as well as revealing her years-long battle with Lyme disease. Hanna is married to Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys.
Education
Hanna attended Lincoln High School and Grant High School. Later, she attended The Evergreen State College in the late 1980s as a first-generation college student. "My parents didn't go to college. I felt lucky [to attend]."
Life and career
1968–1988: Early life and feminism
Kathleen Hanna was born on November 12, 1968, in Portland, Oregon.
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