KATHLEEN HANNA ANNOUNCES REBEL GIRL: MY LIFE AS A FEMINIST PUNK 2024 U.S. BOOK TOUR
Trailblazing feminist icon, musician, outspoken womenβs rights activist, and original rebel girl Kathleen Hanna is thrilled to announce a 2024 U.S. book tour in support of her memoir Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk out May 14, 2024 with Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins. Tickets go on sale today, December 12, 2023. Fans unable to attend the tour in-person can join the live stream on May 22! A portion of ticket sales will be donated to Peace Sisters, a non-profit organization for which Hanna is an Ambassador.
Hannaβs band Bikini Kill embodied the punk scene of the 90s, and today her personal yet feminist lyrics on anthems like βRebel Girlβ and βDouble Dare Yaβ are more powerful than ever. But where did this transformative voice come from?
In Rebel Girl, Hannaβs raw and insightful new memoir, she takes us from her tumulΒtuous childhood to her formative college years and her first shows. As Hanna makes clear, being in a punk βgirl bandβ in those years was not a simple or safe prospect. Male violence and antagonism threatened at every turn, and surviving as a singer who was a lightning rod for controversy took limitless amounts of determination.
But the relationships she developed during those years buoyed her, including with her bandmates Tobi Vail, Kathi Wilcox, JD Samson, and Johanna Fateman. And her friendships with musicians like Kurt Cobain, Ian MacKaye, Kim Gordon, and Joan Jett reminded her that despite the odds, the punk world could still nurture and care for its own. Hanna opens up about falling in love with Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys and her debilitating battle with Lyme disease, and she brings us behind the scenes of her musical growth in her bands Le Tigre and The Julie Ruin.
In an uncut voice all her own, Hanna reveals the hardest times along with the most joyfulβand how they continue to fuel her revolutionary art and music.
Author Bio
Kathleen Hanna is a punk singer, artist, and the front-woman of the influential bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Hanna is a staple in feminist publications, from college curriculums to bestselling books, and a leading voice in the punk feminist movement. She has been named one of the best live performers of our time, earning acclaim from Rolling Stone, The New York Times, NPR, Interview Magazine, V Magazine, Vogue, Entertainment Weekly, BUST Magazine, NYLON and Los Angeles Times, to name a few.
U.S. Book Tour
May 14, 2024: Brooklyn, NYΒ Greenlight Bookstore @ Kings Theatre
May 15, 2024: Washington, DCΒ Loyalty Bookstore @ Lincoln Theatre
May 16, 2024: Cincinnati, OHΒ Joseph-Beth Booksellers @ Mason High School
May 18, 2024: Chicago, ILΒ Women & Children First @ Hermann HallΒ with Chicago Humanities Festival
May 20, 2024: Los Angeles, CAΒ Book Soup @ First Congregational Church
May 21, 2024: San Francisco, CAΒ City Arts & Lectures @ The Sydney Goldstein TheaterΒ with KQED & Marcus Books
May 22, 2024: Seattle, WAΒ Seattle Arts & Lectures @ Town Hall SeattleΒ with KEXP & Paperboat BooksellersΒ + Live Stream!
May 23, 2024: Portland, ORΒ Powellβs Books @ Revolution Hall
May 28, 2024: Boston, MAΒ Brookline Booksmith @ The Wilbur Theatre
May 29, 2024: Philadelphia, PAΒ Uncle Bobbieβs @ WHYY Studio
Tickets Available HERE
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Background PhotoΒ credit:Β Rachel Bright
