She's so poetic. I first noticed it when I heard Alien She. A lot of people don't understand. They think her music is obscene & don't even bother listening to the lyrics. Their loss.

"i'm your worst nightmare come to life...CAUSE I'M NOT GGONNA SHUT UP! I'M GONNA TELL EVERYONE! ", that part literally pulls at my heart/chest every time...fuck!!!!!! FUCK

"nothing was happening" was a part of the performance

I think every woman can relate to this in some way, shape or form. Definitely gave me the chills.

yeah, it's part of the piece is him speaking out saying it didn't happen, because so many times people say that about sexual abuse.

Kathleen Hanna should write a book of her spoken word and poems, really. She's such a talented writer.

This is great. I read somewhere that Kathleen did a lot of spoken word poetry before her music career and someone encouraged her to start a band. Quite the treat, thanks for uploading.

Deeply empowering shit. I have so much respect for Kathleen Hanna.

This is gold. Just finished reading "Girls To The Front". Feels amazing to *see* what I read. Thanks!

This gives me chills every time. Very powerful stuff

chills. so wonderful.

I love her voice, everything

This means a lot to me.

This is so important.

gives me chills

This performance is so beautiful and affecting, thank you for posting it.

I am your worst nightmare come to life because I won't shut up I'm gonna tell everyone that is so awesome I'm the girl you can't shut up I love that!

More people need to see this

wow. made me cry as well.

Thank you for keeping it uploaded! One of my most important... Thanks.

this is so powerful and beautiful, kathy is a real person.

kathleen hanna is such an inspiration. This video has shaped who I am.

Kathleen is also very light hearted. She covers so much as in Le Tigre. She appeared to be possessed by this memory and spoke clearly to me. F'in off the hook grrrl. I am male but a strong feminist because I value a great range of expression. I like every genre of music but her band speaks to me the most.

OH IVE MISSED THIS VIDEO! thanks for uploading it again. brilliant brilliant.

amazing and powerful. kills the silence aroud sexual abuse/violence/incest. very healing. this isn't a female vs. male thing at all, men are sexually abused too, it's a powerful piece about one person's experience.

Thank you for posting this, Such an awesome feminist punk piece, I love it

thanks so much been waiting for this for ages : )

thank you!!!

My inspiration

woww........

This guy in the background was over there trying to sidetrack her but she just didnt give, Kathleen is amazing, this was really moving.

I'm gonna do this one for my school's poetry competition thingy.

woooooooow awsome but sad.

That was part of it

my G-d! it's moments like this I'm convinced technology is a good thing! and believe you me, those moments are few fewfew and far between

Le Tigre's "hiatus" is over- sort of. In '09 they were working w/ Christina Aguilera for new album. They were fun to see live. :) I have some confetti saved from one of the times I saw 'em and a bunch of crap fell from the ceiling, all pinata style & during the encore (Deceptacon). People were allowed on stage & danced w/ the band too I think. This happens at most T(i)NC shows I've been to as well so maybe I'm mixing things up. But they definitely dropped streamers+confetti into the crowd.. =)

Ian Mackaye spotted in the background

Does anyone know the date this was performed? And the location? I am writing about it for my thesis and am having trouble citing it.

*there is more written in the liner note the point to my posting was just to say that a connection between two people is just that. everyone has their shortcomings and overcoming the shortcomings is what makes some people extra special. K.H. has been an inspiration to me since I first discovered BK, and just from the pov of her being an idol to you(holden), I dont think you have to worry about character issues from her. young females need more influence from KH-types, not more mileys. kh rocks.

Ive got a feeling that she never gets bored..ever!!

-have been together since 1996 I believe. And didn't marry for 10 whole years. Obviously they share a connection. And for anything else it is worth, a direct quote from KH herself from the insert of VK's sole release (not the entire insert, but I plan on uploading it shortly to my page for those intereted in reading/hearing- it would be up already but youtube's new 10min upload policy has made uploads more difficult for some things):

and sorry for all of those posts and spamming up this video, i just dont like to paraphrase my thoughts in order to fit 500 letters. but i dont know where to find a cool and active message board so i post on youtbue for some reason. oh wellzzzzzz

does anyone know who the poem was dedicated to??

The 22 people didn't like it need to be erased from this World! (Possibly while they are sleeping in the middle of the night in their house). I have talked!

@NihilistImp Oh you!

Dia emang keren

I've been trying to find this video for days now, as saw it in the middle of the night once and wanted to reply to this (and sohipimhop)'s comments. I don't want to get into a debate either- I'm just a random guy in his 20s and my opinion holds no more merit than a frog's honestly, because I can't get inside the minds of KH or AH. But I understand the admiration part- as a a young child, with the Beatles- even seeing them smoking cigs made me feel weird- disheartening almost. I understand that.

Who was that person talking while Kathleen was talking?

-should not hold that against them. And I brought up the stripper & abortion thing, because to my knowledge and based on timeline, I think that happened w/ KH in the 80s too. KH and AH are both very smart, talented, and successful people obviously. As for attraction... that type of chemistry between two people is something only the two people can understand. I thought I found the love of my life back in Jan. and she's dating some guy in his 40s now (she's 22). Life is strange like that. KH & AH-

i cant sing you a pretty song

"... I think it's important for me to at least say that I[X](not only) did I go out on this tour and get drunk a lot and fuck and stuff, but I also managed to, like, talk to people face to face who had questions about rape and domestic violence and what they could do to help each other and themselves...and, you know,.... I'm sure the songs that ended up on here don't really reflect any of that... but I guess that's why typewriters exist." There is more written, but I the point to my postings-q

is he not part of the performance?

@holdenc96 ummm...that's called irony listen to it again

I almost cried when that loser started to heckle her.

wait, when was this? where?

What is she talking about??

did she suffer abuse? I had never read that...but she talks about it and also in songs from bikini kill. also, y was that guy interrupting?

@melfaery I thought she was just making shit up, woops my bad. Sorry.

Well I’m sure that that party was totally kicking after that!

And the character cutoff count is preventing me from getting to my point. But if it makes you (holdenc96) feel any better, just from a morality standpoint- KH is awesome and I see nothing wrong with her marrying AH? People change, sohipimhop is correct. I like all of KH's musical projects more than the BBs, but I'm still a fan of both. That said- not to discredit KH in anyway whatsoever- but this is also a woman who has had an abortion, partook in stripping as a youth, etc. People change and we-

ive been hearing about this a lot..id love to debate it. contact me!

@holdenc96 how is it ironic? when you consider both her and her husband are nothing more than entertainers then it shouldnt suprise.

sorry..debate wasent the word i wanted to use. more like discuss haha...only because "Girls" came out in the 80s, when the Beastie Boys were kids. They wrote theyre silly bratty songs that i feel were borderline tounge-in-cheek. It's 30 years later..im pretty sure Adam has grown up. And as far as marriage determining certain 'gender roles", i feel its just an amazing example of house Kathleen is trying to say like hey, i can be married but im not gonna become some submissive housewife. id give

Did she die or something?

This movement was and is necessary. i just wish riot grrls and feminists in general would offer the olive branch to the men in the world who AREN'T abusive or misogynistic to them, and not define the "us and them" struggle solely by gender. I'm not saying Kathleen is like this, but some of the commenters here have that tone.

my girlfriend responded to this... not me. but I agree with her

actually, it was in the middle of the night. at her house!

What the hell going on here

Well, abuse.

Was that filmed on a potato?

Even though her performance is annoying... i understand where she's coming from as a independent women.

I just wasted 3:50 minutes of my life watching this