The chapter explores the complexities of controlling audience behavior during live shows, managing potential violence and audience composition changes over time. It also delves into the pressures of maintaining safety within a growing crowd and the challenges of being a public figure with a particular persona. Additionally, the chapter discusses the artist's creative process, disappointment in art being ripped off, and the struggle to maintain authenticity amidst critiques and perceptions of hypocrisy.
Punk singer, artist, and the front-woman of the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, Kathleen Hanna has spent the last three decades as a trailblazer in the punk feminist movement. She joins guest host Roxane Gay to talk about her new memoir and storied career making art and music.