#julieruin

[hisiggy]

[bra1nxfreeze]

[completecuntrol]

I deleted my last post because I’ve been acting weird lately tbh. Instead here’s a pic of a record that often gets me through winter. And any season really 😂 love angry girl bedroom music. #julieruin #kathleenhanna #vinyl #records #winterjams https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsgj-iKgkHk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=113xy5bwsuwk9

[aprilcornwall]

Bisexual Celebrity Women ❤💜💙💫💪👑 #bisexualwomen #bisexualcelebrities #bisexual #bi #biprideflag #bipride #bipridemonth #representationmatters #bisexualrepresentation #whosbi #gettinbi #bifurius #bicurious #bisexualgirls #bisexualactress #bisexualsingers #drewbarrymore #michellerodriguez #bessiesmith #kirstenstewart #cynthianixon #anjelinajolie #julieruin #annapaquin #kathynajimy #margretcho #gilliananderson #ladygaga #meganfox #zoesaldena #anidifranco

[victoriafernandez]

I'm back with #MyFavoriteladies, here the punk lady KATHLEEN HANNA femisnist, artist, activist, zine writer and Riot Grrrl #punkgirl #girlpower #letigre #julieruin #bikinikill #kathleenhanna

[itsmisslaceynoel]

Today I was part of the biggest Women's March ever recorded in US history at 750,000 people, and I don't have the right words to describe how proud I am. If I am to ever have grandkids someday, I will be beyond honored to share the story of this inspiring day with them. Yesterday was quite fearful, but today is flowing with hope. Don't let this be the beginning of the end. Let this be a revolution. A powerful revolution. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿❤️💛💚💙💜✨#nastywoman #revolution #womensmarch #womensmarchla #julieruin #wackywacko #feminist #losangelescityhall #mybodymychoice #riotgrrrl #humanrights #losangeles

[gillesloves]

Multiples of 5

15. Are you staying active?

no but i’m going to be losing weight on account of subway and burger king being closed

20. What’s your favourite boardgame?

honestly... risk. i used to get drunk with my friends in high school and play it while inventing alternate world histories

25. as it turns out there is no 25 on this list so uh 26. What’s your favourite beverage?

beer. but the healthy kind i like a cute lil strawberry milkshake

35. Who was the last person you called?

special cal bonus the last 3 people: oomf in japan who made me set my location to osaka on tinder and i had to spend this morning discovering that i know just enough japanese to apologise to businessmen while still keeping it sexy. hajimemashite yoroshikuonegashimasu goes a long way LOL

other oomf who is basically my sister (shoutout to those of u who remember pat armisael/julieruin from back in the day on here!) and we complained about the fact we’re both going fucking insane right now and filled out job applications together while drinking

and my friend alex i found out he’d never watched white chicks and that’s of the movies that seemingly everybody has seen so i was just like “oh we should watch white chicks”.

oh also chris because we were streaming a movie at the same time but he just said “shut up and take my cock” and that was it

40. What is your favourite store? Is it closed?

i don’t have one but probably

45. Are you stressed?

yes.

50. Tell me an interesting fact?

chvrches did a cover of a bauhaus song that sounds nothing like the original but it’s really good

[dani-soto-figueroa]

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Amigxs estoy muy feliz de mostrarles mi nuevo fanzine dedicado a Kathleen Hanna @mskathleenhanna . Desde hoy en @sadfunsadclub (Santiago de Chile). Los amigxs del resto del país pueden escribirme por interno. 💘 #KathleenHanna #BikiniKill #JulieRuin #LeTigre #TheJulieRuin #fanzine #fanzinera #zine #drawing #dibujar #dibujante #illustration #illustrator #ilustradora #DanielaSoto 💘 (en Viña del mar, Chile) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bom3KIjlqKz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sbp7wmni5ahf

[jetpackhomme-blog]

Tomorrow April 27th come to @parish.space to see living mannequin installations wearing pieces from JETPACK hom(m)e® and @_knorts 🛋 // special performances by @duckwrth /@channeltres / @algorythm.zine // special limited edition shirts available for sale and raffle 🛍// 8-11pm Thursday April 27th // 21+ 🍻// rsvp either: one@jetpackhomme.com or info@knorts.com 🏂 advertisement by @inatogobox music sample from #julieruin . . . #jetpackhomme #knorts #parishspace #clothing #fashion #design #losangeles #musician #fashiondesigner #photoshoot #graphicdesign #wearableart #art #music #concert #event #installation #installationart #interiordesign #gallery #midcenturymodern #kitsch #mannequin #human #couch #pedestrianluxury (at Parish)

[esthermeronobaro]

Kathleen Hanna Just Wants To Be In A Band

This article was first published in the September 2013 issue of SLUG Magazine. Read it online or in print on page 16.

“I don’t want to be an icon, I just want to be in a band!” says Kathleen Hanna of her latest musical project, The Julie Ruin. 

It’s been over a decade since Hanna and her band, Bikini Kill, arguably pioneered the riot grrrl feminist punk rock movement of the ‘90s, and over six years since Le Tigre, Hanna’s notable electropunk band, went on an indefinite hiatus in 2007, but in no way has her life slowed down. From teaching at NYU and curating art shows, to this year’s SXSW premiere of The Punk Singer, a documentary following her iconic history and her three-year struggle with debilitating illness, Hanna has grown out of her punk rock 20s—and it’s not so bad.

At first listen, The Julie Ruin’s album, Run Fast, out Sept. 3 via TJR Records, doesn’t stray far from Hanna’s signature ‘90s riot grrrl sound. 

Hanna’s voice is distinct—sing-song shrieks abound on opener “Oh Come On,” reminiscent of Bikini Kill’s Pussy Whipped—and the keyboard opener on “Ha Ha Ha” brings Le Tigre’s This Island to mind. On repeat, though, Run Fast proves to be a new experience for fans of Hanna’s projects with polished, contemporary garage rock riffs, melodic vocal segments and even some jazz piano—but this isn’t about us anymore.

Admittedly, I pick up the phone with a list of questions that prompt discussions on feminist theories of revolution, littered with her own quotes from a 1998 interview with Punk Planet, a year after Bikini Kill disbanded and Julie Ruin, her solo album, was released. “As Bikini Kill was disintegrating, there was this question of, ‘I’m not the girl in Bikini Kill anymore—who am I?’” she says in our interview, echoing her own words from 1998. Over the past three years, Hanna spent a lot of time in doctor’s offices as they tried to diagnose her ailments, which included everything from sinus infections to difficulty walking, until they finally began successful treatment for Lyme disease. Needless to say, it wasn’t much fun, and Hanna says her biggest fear at the time, career-wise, was whether or not she’d ever record or perform again. 

“I think the illness was similar [to the Bikini Kill breakup] in that I was like, ‘What do I do now? I’m this sick person. I’m not well Kathleen anymore. So … who is sick Kathleen, and can sick Kathleen make a record?’”

In her Punk Planet interview from ‘98, Hanna describes calling on Julie Ruin to deal with the pain and exude the confidence she was lacking. She says in that interview, “When the world only treats you like a dot on a marketing scheme, you can learn to treat yourself and other people like that … But Julie Ruin is just like, ‘Whatever. You have to do what is fascinating to you.’” Fifteen years later, Julie Ruin has been called upon again, in a sense. “Being extremely ill … I started to feel like my whole life is my illness,’” says Hanna. “[Run Fast] was a way for me to remember who I am away from the illness … In making the record, I got in touch with well Kathleen.”

Hanna picked The Julie Ruin dream team based on two criteria: “One, that I like how they played music, and two, that they were fun people to be around,” she says. The band is made up of Sara Landeau on guitar, fellow instructor at the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls; former Bikini Kill bandmate Kathi Wilcox on bass; Carmine Covelli, fill-in drummer for Le Tigre; and Kenny Mellman on keys, a friend and part of drag cabaret duo Kiki and Herb. Once the members were in place, Hanna brought in vocal melodies for the others to work around until it became a full-on collaboration. “That was really the greatest,“ says Hanna. “It just felt like a gift I gave myself. They’re just such great musicians and they’re so fun to work with.” Their chemistry is evident in the music, along with each member’s eclectic backgrounds and influences—this isn’t a band of 20-somethings—but Hanna’s renewed energy and sense of self breathe life into Run Fast, and give over a decade of discographies a much-needed sigh of relief. “As a person who’s always said, ‘This is a feminist band,’ I’ve always been extremely curious as to what it is like to just be in a band and go on tour,” says Hanna. 

“I’m still a feminist in a band no matter what, but … the expectation to write a feminist anthem every day, I can’t have that on myself. I just have to write about whatever I want.”

The lyrical content of Run Fast proves just that. From personal diatribes on aging, to a track dedicated to cookies, all of us millennial feminists seeking out a radical album to blast in our Subarus while our bisexual boyfriends fist-pump in the back will be sorely disappointed. As Hanna and I speak, I realize that, her refusals to be a feminist icon aside, she’s made a step forward in her life that all of humanity can be inspired by: “I think I want to represent that you don’t have to stay the same. You can change and evolve over time and that’s OK,” says Hanna. “You don’t have to stay 20 forever.” If that’s not radically feminist, I don’t know what is.

Pick up Run Fast by The Julie Ruin now at thejulieruinband.com and cross your fingers they come to a city near you. Watch for The Punk Singer on DVD this fall.

[advice4smartgirls]

Audrey - thanks for answering my ask. Just for the record I would never seriously joke about suicide openly where any other person may overhear, I often deal with bouts of depression and suicidal thoughts so I know full well how disrespectful and hurtful it can be to overhear someone making jokes about suicide. Just thought I'd clear that up :)

Thanks for the follow up! I’ll tag Audrey below so she sees it. 

@julieruined

[waveless-media]

Rebel Girl- Kathleen Hanna #kathleenhanna #riotgrrrl #feminism #thepunksinger #bikinikill #letigre #julieruin #rebelgirl #punk #activist #feminist #portrait #art #musician #surealism #beastieboys #losangeles #losangelesartist #digitaldrawing #colorado #coloradoart #newyork (at Eagle Rock, Los Angeles)

[nickelbacksonyoutube]

you are all literally the most intelligent people in the homestuck fandom ok

tbh in the beginning i myself was one of the worst kinds of homestuck fans, which i'm sure i've said before 

in this blog we are hoping to breed a new race of homestuck fans, ones which realize how dreadful it is to rp badly in random places and find buckets and nyeh and wweh funny 

and the homestuck fandom will be a nicer place to be

[frannylopez]

All day everyday. #bikinikill #kathleenhanna #tobivail #riotgrrrl #killrockstars #julieruin #feminist

[daenerysknope]

last day. so many ladies. left early. I died. #pitchfork #waxahatchee #julieruin #vietcong #courtneybarnett

[florad0ra]

shoutout to everyone who's still shitting on pat for having different music tastes than u this ones for you guys