Kathleen Hanna Quotes
The exciting thing about getting a label together and doing press for it is that hopefully some 15-year-old girl who is the only feminist in her junior-high class will hear about it and be like, "Oh, cool, I hadn't heard of that, I'm going to check it out."
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I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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Success gave me confidence as an artist. And now I'm able to do what I want without anybody thinking it's dumb.
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The exciting thing about getting a label together and doing press for it is that hopefully some 15-year-old girl who is the only feminist in her junior-high class will hear about it and be like, "Oh, cool, I hadn't heard of that, I'm going to check it out."
