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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 Talked A Lot Early On In My Career About Intersectionality And How Racism And Classism And Sexism And Homophobia And Capitalism Are All Connected With Each Other, And They're These Crazy Systems That Are Feeding On Each Other And Are Also Damaging. I Can't Even Go Into The Whole Spectrum Of It. But I Feel Like Kids Today Are So Much More Savvy About That Conversation. And I'm So Thrilled When I Get To Meet Younger People Who Are Doing That So Much Better Than I Did.

I Don't Need To Convince Men That Feminism Is Important, That Just Isn't A Goal Of Mine. I Can't Even Have That Conversation Of Whether Or Not It's Important, Because If Someone Asks Me That... I Don't Want To Have A Conversation With Them Until They Grow Up.

My Original Goal In The '90s, After I Found Feminism And I Was The First Generation In My Family To Go To College, Was To Spread This Information That Feminism Was Still Very Much Alive, And That You Can't Believe The Media Telling You That It Doesn't Need To Exist And That It Doesn't Exist.

My Vision Of Punk Rock Was These Dudes Who Were Spitting On The Audience And Moshing. That's Why I Kind Of Left That Scene. Then I See All These People Around My Same Age Or Between 17 And 25 That Were Making Music Themselves In Their Own Town. They Weren't Just Singing, But Creating. I See Them Putting Out This Music Where There Are Tons Of Women Involved In The Scene And Involved In The Bands.