“People talk about my image like I come in two dimensions, like lipstick is a sign of my declining mind, like what I happen to be wearing the day that someone takes my picture is my new statement for all womankind.” PeopleMindTwoHappensStatementsDimensionsLipstick Author:Ani DiFranco
“When I was like sixteen, I was a total chick I had big hair. I was seen as this attractive girl, and I would get all this attention. And then I just cut off my hair, and I quit playing that game.” BigsGirlGamesAttentionCuttingHairQuittingAttractiveChicksSixteenI QuitBig HairAttractive Girl Author:Ani DiFranco
“Why do our kids have to show us what gun control is all about?” ShowsKidsGunGun Control Author:Ani DiFranco
“What characterized the whole punk scene for me in 1977 was there was no racism or sexism. It was an anarchy of -isms, and a matter of abolishing it all.” MatterWholeSceneRacismSexismAnarchyPunkIsms Author:Chrissie Hynde
“You have to excuse me because I AM a teenager, so I'm allowed to sound illiterate and make stupid comments like 'I'm not into hard-core feminism.'” HardSoundFeminismStupidExcuseCoreTeenagerCommentIlliterateExcuse MeHard Core Author:Christina Ricci
“I think bisexuality is frowned upon for a lot of different reasons. But I don't like any of those words. I don't like any of those labels. I think they're limiting.” ThinkingDifferentReasonLabelsBisexuality Author:Clea DuVall
“The Runaways' audience was 90 percent male. That was kind of depressing...Why don't women-our own gender-come out and support us?” KindSupportAudiencePercentMalesGenderDepressingRunaway Author:Joan Jett
“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.” WorldWantImportantDifferentWholeGirlRocksRevolutionBandStructureRadicalism Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I hate the attitude of, 'oh we already have a Lydia Lunch, so we do we need a Bikini Kill.' Well, there's like 2 hundered million all-male bands writting 'baby baby I love you, let me drag you around on my ankle.' Is that enough already? Duh!” NeedsWellsEnoughHateAttitudeMillionsLove YouBabyBandLet MeI HateMalesLunchDragAnklesBikinisDuhEnough AlreadyI Love You Baby Author:Kathleen Hanna