When I First Started Out I Actually

I'm Not Sure Riot Grrrl Would Have Been As Big A Deal If The Internet Had Existed Back Then. Because There's So Much Stuff On The Internet. People Could Have Been Like, Oh, Whatever, I'm Going To Go Look At Pictures Of Barbie Vaginas, You Know What I Mean? There's So Many Different Things On The Internet, You Read One Article And Then You Read Something Linked Off That Article And You Go Down The Rabbit Hole.

I Wanna Be A Legend; I Wanna Be A Cult Hero. I Do!

I Always Get ‘what’s Wrong?’ Or ‘lighten Up.’ Half The Time, When Guys Tell Me To Smile, I’m Not Even Frowning, I’m Thinking! Then I’m Like, Oh! Some Men Don’t Want Women To Think! Do They All Have Walkie-talkies? Are They All In This Together? Like, ‘ok, She’s Thinking, Someone Say Something. She’s Reading, Go Distract Her.’ It Starts Feeling Like That Sometimes, Doesn’t It?

What (some) Bands Do Is Go, 'it's Not Important That I'm A Girl, It's Just Important That I Want To Rock.' And That's Cool. But That's More Of An Assimilationist Thing. It's Like They Just Want To Be Allowed To Join The World As It Is; Whereas I'm More Into Revolution And Radicalism And Changing The Whole Structure. What I'm Into Is Making The World Different For Me To Live In.

I Don't Like Every Other Musician's Work. The Same Way That Filmmakers Don't Like Every Other Filmmakers' Work. Just Because I'm A Feminist Doesn't Mean I'm Gonna Say That I Like Every Other Woman's Work, Or That I Appreciate Another Statement That Another Woman Publicly Made.