Kaia Wilson and Kathleen Hanna Revivals

It's not necessarily anything new that both Kathleen Hanna and Kaia Wilson are having their own revivals, but it's something I thought I would share for anyone not in the know. Kaia Wilson, formerly of Team Dresch, The Butchies, Adickdid, has been performing a few gigs in promotion of her album that came out in 2008, titled Finally a Dyke Album for the Whole Family.

Kaia Wilson

Her album has good songs on it and that nice acoustic-y feel. I feel relaxed for the most part when listening to the album and definitely recommend it for any of her fans. She just performed at Yellow Feather Coffee in Denver, but I couldn't find any other gigs coming up. I'm hoping those will be listed soon cause it would totally rock to go to her show. Either way, I'd like to share an excellent interview that she did for Westword Blog yesterday.

In other news, Kathleen Hanna has now had an interview with Spinner and with CNN in the last couple of days.

Kathleen Hanna

I love reading interviews with her. But I do think that Riot Grrrl can happen in this decade; the internet just brings a whole different coloring to it. We have also go to get more women of color in on the movement. I'm proud to be of Mexican heritage and to be a Riot Grrrl. Yes, it's a grave contrast to the culture, but I don't want to fit into that mold. And with that, I do think that the Riot Grrrl movement of this decade is different but the spirit is there! We have blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and all kinds of social media at our disposal that can connect us all together in a more cohesive manner (if we wish). I also think her critiques of female artists like Katy Perry and Kesha are right on.
What I find sad are the comments on the articles that K is a man-hater, misogynistic, a misandrist, bitter, etc. Do you find her to be any of those things? For that matter, I don't find myself to be any of those things, even though I'm in line with the same values. I quite enjoy a good bit of estrogen and testosterone in my life and for everyone to be treated equally--unless they like popped collars--that is just inexcusable! :P Check out the articles! I'm so excited to see "Who Took the Bomp," the documentary of Le Tigre on tour. It just came out and should be a good watch. So much good stuff is coming out.
Anyone wanna throw some more good suggestions out for everyone?

That's about it for me because I'm strapped for time but would like to keep active on here! However, I'll leave you with this video from J.D. Samson's, of Le Tigre and now Men, new video "Off Our Backs." It's definitely danceable and just plain awesome. Take a watch!


Peace.