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BOOK REVIEW: Rebel Girl - Kathleen Hanna
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- 5 stars
"Maybe that was what third wave girls were about: speaking back to power with sounds that didn't always make sense."
Kathleen Hanna: a feminist punk icon and the lead singer of three quintessential riot grrrl bands. Her memoir Rebel Girl, named in honour of the feminist anthem by Bikini Kill, is a true account of the riot grrrl era from one of the founding mothers of it. It's also a raw and brutally honest tale of trauma, loss and illness, detailing the ups and downs of feminism and considering the nature of the human condition. Kathleen tells her story in her own words - comedic and witty, as always, whilst still packing a punchy message.
Detailed and not holding back on even the most painful of specifics, Kathleen Hanna's first book is a powerful tale of female empowerment and the impact of the punk movement on women. Kathleen tells all: from her childhood to Bikini Kill to living life with her husband, Adam, and son Julius, and every part of her life story is just as interesting and important as the rest.
Alongside the book disclosing truths about Kathleen's life, it sheds light on the problems of the original riot grrrl concept. This includes a lack of intersectionality and a 'cisterhood' mindset (which excluded trans people from the movement). These issues are gracefully addressed and suggestions are made as to how we can remove these issues from the feminist movement today.
A must read for all feminists - Rebel Girl is the compelling and candid story of one woman and the impact she had on so many others.
#riot girl#riot grrrl#riot ghoul#kathleen hanna#bikini kill#le tigre#the julie ruin#punk rock feminism#feminist literature#books#book blog#booklr#readblr#book reccs#book recommendations#bookaddict#bookblr#bookworm#books and reading#memoir#rebel girl#rebel girl book#feminist book#music book#feminist punk#punk rock#punk book#punk literature
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Duchess has just such a pretty design, I love her š¦¢š
#and her character is just so interesting#the girl just wants a happy ending#even if she has to take one#low key could have paralleled Raven if theyād wanted to go that route#and in the Next Top Villain book headmaster Grimm wanted Duchess to be the new Evil Queen instead of Raven#and Duchess and Raven both have bird imagery!!#Duchess is very neat lol#ever after high#duchess swan#eah#ever after high art#ever after high books#eah royals#eah rebels#eah duchess
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āIf I could draw Iād draw fanarts!ā
āIf I could draw Iād draw my OCsā
āIf I could paint Iād paint all the ideas in my head and become rich!ā
If I could draw and paint I would completely erase this portrait of J.K Rowling in a book from my childhood, and draw a picture of Imane Khelif there instead.
This is my copy and itļæ½ļæ½s in Swedish, btw.
The original title of this book is Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls 2. Itās the second book out of two. This is the first one.
These two books were my childhood. Do you have any idea how empowering it is for a young girl like me, feeling alone in a world that seems to become crueller by the day, a girl who feels unheard by adults, to read these kind of books? I have plenty other books like these, too! These were my two favourites.
Two books filled with strong, powerful and cool women who have changed the world in one way or another! Reading these books inspired me so, so much as a little girl. I couldnāt get enough of these two-page stories about women who were brave and stood up for what was right. Women from so many different countries and backgrounds. It was beautiful. These books were how I found out about most of my biggest idols today: Malala Yousafzai, Greta Thunberg, Anne Frank, Emma Watson etc.
As I said, these books are my childhood. Another series of books that played a huge part of my childhood are the Harry Potter books.
As a little kid, I had no idea about who Joanne truly was. All I knew was that she was an author, and I dreamed about becoming an author one day. And Joanne had written one of my favourite series of all time. Of course I looked up to her! I especially remember looking at the drawing of her in Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls 2, admiring it very much.
I have grown up. I still love Harry Potter, the series played a massive role in my childhood and itās been there to comfort me in my hardest times. But I do not support the author, now that Iāve heard about and read the tweets she has made about trans women. Itās disgusting, what sheās said about trans women in the past, what she still says, and what sheās tweeted about Imane Khelif recentlyā¦ Iāve knows for years now what sheās all about.
It hurts, you know. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, it hurts to know that the series I love so dearly, the series that always makes me feel better, is written by a person who has no respect whatsoever towards half of my friend group and other trans people. None. She is a horrible human being, and it hurts to know that.
Knowing that her face, her name and her story is written in yet another book in my bookshelf, that her presence is constant in my room, makes me sick to my stomach and has done so for a long time now. Ever since I remembered a while back that sheās in this book, this wonderful book about women who have made the world a better place and continue fighting daily, women I look up to so muchā¦ Iāve had this sick feeling in my stomach, because she does not belong in this book. She isnāt a feminist. She excludes trans women from womanhood and accuses cis women of being trans or intersex based on their strength and talent in sports. Based on a supposed high level of testosterone? Joanne is cruel, and sheās rude, and she is not a person kids should be taught to look up to. Not after all sheās done.
Earlier today, I was thinking about this again. And as so many times before, I wished that I myself was a talented artist. This is something Iāve thought about before, but for different reasons. Iāve always wished I could draw portraits and pretty paintings. Fanarts for my favourite ships that I can only picture in my head but not transfer to paper. Iāve always loved drawing, but Iāve never been too good at it. Now I desperately wish that I was.
Because if I was a talented artist, I would grab my pens and paint and brushes, and I would cover up the portrait of J. K Rowling in my book. I would make a whole new portrait in its place, a portrait of another woman I look up to, a strong and beautiful and brave woman. A women called Imane Khelif.
And Iād get rid of the page full of facts and stories about Rowling, Iād tear it apart and throw it away and replace it with the story of Imane Khelif, the one woman Rowling cannot tolerate because of her talent for boxing. I can write. I canāt draw, but I can write. I so wish I could do both right now, because if I truly could trust myself with fully remaking two book pages, I would do it without hesitation.
Imane Khelifās story deserves to be told. J.K Rowlingās story deserves to be told with seriousness, and grief because of what she has become. This woman could have been a successful author and a beloved feminist, and she could have left it at that. Sadly, she chose a path of hatred and cyber bullying. She chose this journey for herself, and I am sorry for everyone who got their childhood ruined because of it. Heck, Iām sorry for her even, but I still know in my heart that she has no excuses for what she has done. I despise her.
Kids need to be warned about TERFs, not trans women.
Collage made by @thingsmk1120sayz (I will delete it immediately if you ask me to, love <3)
I stand by Imane Khelif. I stand by the girls who grew up to be strong and wonderful women, the women who made their childhood dreams reality and won medals in the Olympics, the women who became successful artists, the women who reached their goals and ended up writing bestseller books loved by generations.
I stand by them, and I love them. But I feel nothing but hatred and pity towards J. K Rowling. Fuck her twisted beliefs. Much love to Imane Khelif!
Edit: I would like to clarify, Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls 2 was released 2017. I have no idea when Joanne started spreading her transphobic views on social media. Feel free to educate me on reblogs and comments! Anyways, I donāt think that the authors of this book, Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo, meant to cause any harm by putting Rowling in their book. Either this was before Rowling started tweeting transphobic things, or the authors didnāt know about her being a TERF (I doubt the latter). So please donāt send any hate to these wonderful authors! If you want to send them questions regarding their books, Iām pretty sure youāre free to do so! xx
#imane khelif#fuck jkr#fuck jk rowling#fuck TERFs#fuck transphobia#fuck intersexphobia#fuck sexism#olympics 2024#boxing#women#feminism#heroes#icons#lgbtqia+#transgender pride#trans#transgender#intersex#i stand with imane#ellastag#elena favilli#francesca cavallo#good night stories for rebel girls 2#please make this shit blow up I put an INSANE amount of time in making this post-#harry potter#potterverse#hp#kids books
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it's cool that you think l'amica geniale isn't actually about friendship. you can go fuck yourself
#jo in the tardis*#it's about this friendship between these two girls existing as a monument in the ruins of time#them melting into each other is a revolt against every violation of the body in their stories#because it's a violation of somebody's headspace with another's#when i say their stories i don't mean just their personal stories i mean every person that was responsible for their existence#everything is cyclic and everything is dissolving and the only thing you can do to rebel against it#is to be somebody's friend.#lenĆ¹ wonders if she's important in the grand scheme of things throughout the whole book#but the culmination of it happens at the very end where her daughters disregard her work#and it's significant that it comes from her daughters. it means she hasn't done anything#she's her mother. with all her education she is her own mother to them.#only for lila to send those dolls... it's like... you and me exist as this fixed point in time.#this is how we're different. it's the whole plebs idea constantly being revisited.#the only way out is through a friend. it's not breaking the cycle. cities will burn and be built again#and change is unoriginal. you can only win if you build a city in someone else#l'amica geniale#platonic romance: you've read my book#this is the point because i said so.#2 in 1: little dot with the flames round it
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Does anyone else think Sabrina Carpenters style gives Bryce Quinlan vibes?
#Bryce Quinlan#Bryce Adelaide Quinlan#Crescent City#Bryce Quinlan style#book imagery#book fashion#Sabrina Carpenter#Short n Sweet#Crescent City style#Maasverse Fashion#fictional style#it vibes#Sabrina Carpenter style#what I think theyād wear#idk maybe Iām just sleep deprived#lol#fangirl ramblings#also her & Danika vibes#inspiration#random#book characters#Crescent City fashion#Bryce Quinlan outfits#inspired outfits#character style ideas#art curator style#party girl vibes#girls got style#rebel with a cause vibes#dystopian urban fantasy
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I guess it goes like this: save a horse ride a cowboy š¤
#luke brooks#lyla sage#done and dusted#rebel blue ranch#clementine ryder#bookworm#light academia#romantic academia#cozyliving#cozycore#cozy room#romance books#cowboy romance#cowboy aesthetic#granola girl
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Cool girl Barnes & Noble haul šš
#mine#books#movies#criterion collection#riot grrrl#buffy the vampire slayer#pop figures#Buffy summers#kathleen hanna#rebel girl#jean luc godard#breathless#barnes and noble
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forget ship discourse. the Nancy fandom can easily be split into two a different way: the ones that want a nancy book, and the ones that desperately don't
#if it was as good as the rebel robin book then I would#but I don't trust them with my girl !!!#that's litcherally my job
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Just thinking about how Albert Camus had a cat and named it Cigarette
They're cute
#tumblr#albert camus#philosophy#absurdism#kafkaesque#aesthetic#dark academia#academia#pinterest girl#pinterest aesthetic#pinterest#reading#books#the myth of sisyphus#the stranger#the rebel#the fall#the plague#absurdity#cats
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You ever talk to someone about a book you love and then they decide to read said book? Mom I swear to god I wasn't recommending Rebel Girl by Kathleen Hanna to you I was just saying I liked it.
#It's such a good fucking book#I'm cooked though#She says fuck in like every chapter#And is a feminist#Which my mother is not#queer#feminism#bookblr#books and reading#kathleen hanna#rebel girl#bikini kill#le tigre#the julie ruin#riot grrrl#riot girl#punk#feminist punk#music
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do you know any lgbtq+ children books?
Absolutely :) š³ļøāšš³ļøāā§ļø
Title: All Bodies Are Cool
Author(s): Tyler Feder
Description: This picture book is a pure celebration of all the different human bodies that exist in the world. Highlighting the various skin tones, body shapes, and hair types is just the beginning in this truly inclusive book. With its joyful illustrations and encouraging refrain, it will instill body acceptance and confidence in the youngest of readers. āMy body, your body, every different kind of body! All of them are good bodies! BODIES ARE COOL!ā
Title: A Family Is a Family Is a Family
Author(s): Sara O'Leary, Qin Leng (Artist)
Description: When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways ā but the same in the one way that matters most of all. One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates talk about what makes their families special. One is raised by a grandmother, and another has two dads. One is full of stepsiblings, and another has a new baby. As one by one, her classmates describe who they live with and who loves them ā family of every shape, size and every kind of relation ā the child realizes that as long as her family is full of caring people, her family is special.
Title: When Aidan Became A Brother
Author(s): Kyle Lukoff, Kaylani Juanita (Artist)
Description: When Aidan was born, everyone thought he was a girl. His parents gave him a pretty name, his room looked like a girl's room, and he wore clothes that other girls liked wearing. After he realized he was a trans boy, Aidan and his parents fixed the parts of life that didn't fit anymore, and he settled happily into his new life. Then Mom and Dad announce that they're going to have another baby, and Aidan wants to do everything he can to make things right for his new sibling from the beginning--from choosing the perfect name to creating a beautiful room to picking out the cutest onesie. But what does "making things right" actually mean? And what happens if he messes up? With a little help, Aidan comes to understand that mistakes can be fixed with honesty and communication, and that he already knows the most important thing about being a big brother: how to love with his whole self.
Title: My Maddy
Author(s): Gayle E. Pitman, Violet Tobacco (Artist)
Description: A child celebrates her Maddy, who is neither mommy nor daddy but a little bit of both, like so many things in nature. Includes note to parents.
Title: This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us
Author(s): Eric Bell, Ashley Herring Blake, Lisa Jenn Bigelow, Lisa Bunker, Alex Gino, Justina Ireland, Shing Yin Khor, Mariama J. Lockington, Marieke Nijkamp, Claribel A. Ortega, Mark Oshiro, Molly Knox Ostertag, Aida Salazar, A.J. Sass, Katherine Locke (Editor), Nicole Melleby (Editor)
Description: A boyband fandom becomes a conduit to coming out. A former bully becomes a first-kiss prospect. One nonbinary kid searches for an inclusive athletic community after quitting gymnastics. Another nonbinary kid, who happens to be a pirate, makes a wish that comes true--but not how they thought it would. A tween girl navigates a crush on her friend's mom. A young witch turns herself into a puppy to win over a new neighbor. A trans girl empowers her online bestie to come out.
Title: Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag
Author(s): Rob Sanders, Steven Salerno (Artist)
Description: In this deeply moving and empowering true story, young readers will trace the life of the Gay Pride Flag, from its beginnings in 1978 with social activist Harvey Milk and designer Gilbert Baker to its spanning of the globe and its role in todayās world. Award-winning author Rob Sandersās stirring text, and acclaimed illustrator Steven Salernoās evocative images, combine to tell this remarkableāand undertoldāstory. A story of love, hope, equality, and pride.
Title: Jack (Not Jackie)
Author(s): Erica Silverman, Holly Hatam (Artist)
Description: Susan thinks her little sister Jackie has the best giggle! She can't wait for Jackie to get older so they can do all sorts of things like play forest fairies and be explorers together. But as Jackie grows, she doesn't want to play those games. She wants to play with mud and be a super bug! Jackie also doesn't like dresses or her long hair, and she would rather be called Jack.
Title: I Am Jazz
Author(s): Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings, Shelagh McNicholas (Artist)
Description: From the time she was two years old, Jazz knew that she had a girl's brain in a boy's body. She loved pink and dressing up as a mermaid and didn't feel like herself in boys' clothing. This confused her family, until they took her to a doctor who said that Jazz was transgender and that she was born that way.
Title: Rebel Girls Celebrate Pride: 25 Tales of Self-Love and Community
Author(s): Rebel Girls, Elena Favilli (Forward)
Description: This collection features 25 inspiring tales of proud members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Read about how these women, girls, and nonbinary people broke down barriers, honored their identities, and lived authentically no matter what anyone else said.
Title: The Mother of a Movement: Jeanne Manford -- Ally, Activist, and Co-Founder of PFLAG
Author(s): Rob Sanders, Sam Kalda (Artist)
Description: The Mother of a Movement tells the story of Jeanne Manford, the founder of PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). When her son Morty was beaten by New York City officials for handing out pro-gay leaflets, Manford wrote a powerful letter to the New York Post to complain about how Morty was treated. In the letter she came out as the mother of a gay son. The letter was published. Morty invited his mother to march with him in the June 1972 Christopher Street Parade. While marching, she had the idea to form a group to help parents and families of LGBTQ+ people. That was the beginning of PFLAG.
#lgbtq#queer#bookblr#queer author#bipoc#bipoc author#children's books#kid's book#picture books#storybook#All Bodies Are Cool#pride month#A Family Is a Family Is a Family#When Aidan Became A Brother#My Maddy#transgender#This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her Him Them and Us#gender studies#sexuality#queer education#Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag#Jack (Not Jackie)#I Am Jazz#Rebel Girls Celebrate Pride: 25 Tales of Self-Love and Community#feminism#The Mother of a Movement: Jeanne Manford -- Ally Activist and Co-Founder of PFLAG#body posititivity#queer history#mental health#children's education
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so tempted to preorder this. wish it was out already šš
#kathleen hanna#kathleen hanna rebel girl#rebel girl#riot girl#riot grrrl#bikini kill#le tigre#the julie ruin#punk#bookblr#books#booklr#memoir
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#sorry im having a bad time finding historical resources re: bakumatsu era. anyone got recs?#kinda obsessed with reinventing 50s era childrens history books like that in wake of the neolib goodnight stories for rebel girls era.#jants (jorts+pants) moment
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š¦ Rebel Girls Rock Book Review š¦
šø This collection of 25 stories featuring women of music is truly inspirational. Rebel Girls Rock gives us insight into talented, powerful women like Ella Fitzgerald, Joana Jett, and Tia Fuller. Reading this, you're bound to hear a few familiar songs echo through your memory. There's even a Spotify playlist featuring many of the artists mentioned. I'm grateful that the collection highlights many women we don't hear of often enough. Every little detail gives you insights into a musical mind and life. The writing is ideal for readers of all ages, while the illustrations are beautiful and detailed.
šø However, I do wish there was a little more diversity between the artists. I also wonder if every artist listed truly counts as a "Rebel," to follow the theme between these collections.
šø All in all, this is an inspiring, insightful collection that gives you a behind-the-scenes look into artists who deserve far more of a spotlight.
š¦ Major thanks to the author and publisher for providing an ARC of this book via Netgalley. š„° This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.
#book review#book lover#book blog#kindle books#rebel girls#book: rebel girls rock#cats and books#books and cats#battyaboutbooks#batty about books
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oh THANK GOD
there are only three quests you can use for an infinite rings exploit and the way they work is that you get rings in the text before the reward screen, so if you close the app after getting the rings but before the reward screen, it resets that part of the quest. the first one (know your friends, i think itās called?) needs your mc so you canāt really progress the main storyline, and the second needs ezra, like so:
heās not required for any important quests until much later, but iāve still got about 5 side quests sitting there that need him.
but the third one, do you know julian, DOESNT need any of the main characters. i forget if it needs any other classmates (i just know that i used it in my original game and it was sustainable), but ezra is FINALLY free!
#ok well not quite. iāve gotta DO the quest first#but god what a relief. this is the PERMANENT ring exploit quest#the first two were just to tide me over until this one#hss#personal#oh thatās right the last req is ācomplete a party with julianā#now watch me get one of the questions wrong so i donāt get the reward#it also has infinite coins and books. all of them have coins but the ezra one doesnāt have books#so iām starting to get low on them even after the hundreds of thousands i saved from the first quest#oh you have no idea how much of a relief this is i can finally relax#but things are picking up with hss:#iāve decided iām only gonna get one of each gender of classmate unless absolutely necessary (so far iāve needed 3 jocks and thatās it)#and this week i finally got the skater girl i needed to progress the main quest#(with infinite rings i know i could just buy them but iām committed to partying. rip ever getting a prom queen lmao)#i also unlocked kallie yesterday (and i understand why nobody ever talked about her. that took WAY TOO LONG)#(i bought pencils in my original game but the serverās shut down now. had to do it the slow way. it took MONTHS)#i feel like thereās something else i did that was significantā¦ā¦.#oh yeah just now (at the same time i unlocked this quest) i finished the party that officially gets me one of every classmate#of the types i can get that is. donāt have rebels yet rip#i should look up which classmate iāll need two of next so i can start working on it#the rarer ones can take weeks (or months. but i donāt think iāll need a homecoming/prom queen for a quest?)#sometimes i forget i played this game for YEARS and only got by with exploits (and lbr spending WAAAY too much real money on it)#(hwu was worse because you couldnāt exploit it)#but i never paid rings for classmates. i always partied#sometimes i rushed parties but i still did them#wait. hold on a second. i have phoebe. sheās a prom queen. itās the prom KING i donāt have lmaoooo thatās easy#when i say i only get a boy and girl of each that doesnāt include main characters or vips so iāll still eventually party for a prom queen#but yeah i do have one lmao
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UNPROMPTED || ALWAYS ACCEPTING!
anonymous asked: does his majesty kiss men . the public needs to know .
ā "His majesty" is loyal to her highness. ā
[...Though that hadn't always been the case, at least before he'd founded his kingdom. He may or may not have had several torrid love affairs with men -- not that the public needed to know that. The illusion of a perfect king would be better maintained if he remained faithful to his queen; pretending that his relationship with Queen Amaya had been his only relationship also sold the illusion of "true love." It was better this way.]
ā That's all you need to know. ā
#āØ || į¶¤'įµ įµĖ”Ź·įµŹøĖ¢ įµŹ°įµŹ³įµ Ź·Ź°įµį¶° Źøįµįµ į¶°įµįµįµ įµįµ įµįµį¶°įµĖ (answered.) || āØ#{ yes yes he does }#{ i can't look at this man and go ''yeah he's straight'' }#{ forgot to put it on his about page but he's 100000% bi. he may or may not have a preference for men too adkjsad }#{ not to say that he doesn't love the queen; he cares about her very much & his paranoia also includes her getting hurt by Stray Wishes }#{ but that also makes it funnier if she still rebels against him in my funny lil au. girl what ''evil'' shit did you witness from him }#{ opening the forbidden book????? ok }
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