“
People don’t want to see women doing things they don’t think women should do.
Joan Jett
Talking about Joan’s work, Kristen said, “I’m just listening to her music all the time. I’m trying to just make myself aware of the time period and what she was going through. It’s one of the most immense responsibilities to play a real person. Her story’s important. It’s an incredibly triumphant feminist story. View high resolution

Talking about Joan’s work, Kristen said, “I’m just listening to her music all the time. I’m trying to just make myself aware of the time period and what she was going through. It’s one of the most immense responsibilities to play a real person. Her story’s important. It’s an incredibly triumphant feminist story.

I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women’s rules. View high resolution

I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women’s rules.

I love playing with fire (fire)
And I don’t wanna get burned
I love playing with fire (fire)
I don’t think I’ll ever learn, yeah

“
You learn that the only way to get rock-star power as a girl is to be a groupie and bare your breasts and get chosen for the night. We learn that the only way to get anywhere is through men. And it’s a lie.
Kathleen Hanna
View high resolution
Played 161 times
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Rebel Girl - Bikini Kill

Rebel girl, you are the queen of my world

(Source: herdeadeyes)

(Reblogged from allherparts)
“
Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.
Cheris Kramarae & Paula Treichler
The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power.  You just take it.

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. 

You just take it.

Courtney Michelle Love (born Courtney Michelle Harrison; July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician and actress. Love is primarily known as lead singer, guitarist and lyricist for alternative rock band Hole, as well as for her publicity-ridden marriage to the late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain. After a tumultuous upbringing, Love had made her debut into the entertainment industry with a supporting role in Alex Cox’s 1986 biopic Sid and Nancy, and later transitioned into music, forming the band Hole in 1989. Hole released three studio albums throughout the 1990s, including the acclaimed Live Through This (1994) and the Grammy-nominated Celebrity Skin (1998). Love continued her position as lead singer for Hole in various incarnations until 2002, when the group disbanded. After releasing a critically unsuccessful solo album in 2004, Love re-formed Hole with new members in 2009. Love’s lyrics, both with Hole and in her solo work, have often dealt with feminist themes. She has also occasionally taken film roles throughout her career, including parts in Basquiat (1996), Man on the Moon (1999), as well as a major role in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), which garnered her a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of Althea Flynt. Additionally, Love has attracted significant media attention over the years for her wild behavior and candid treatment of her grapples with drug addiction. Rolling Stone called Love “the most controversial woman in the history of rock.”

Courtney Michelle Love (born Courtney Michelle Harrison; July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician and actress. Love is primarily known as lead singer, guitarist and lyricist for alternative rock band Hole, as well as for her publicity-ridden marriage to the late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain.

After a tumultuous upbringing, Love had made her debut into the entertainment industry with a supporting role in Alex Cox’s 1986 biopic Sid and Nancy, and later transitioned into music, forming the band Hole in 1989. Hole released three studio albums throughout the 1990s, including the acclaimed Live Through This (1994) and the Grammy-nominated Celebrity Skin (1998). Love continued her position as lead singer for Hole in various incarnations until 2002, when the group disbanded. After releasing a critically unsuccessful solo album in 2004, Love re-formed Hole with new members in 2009. Love’s lyrics, both with Hole and in her solo work, have often dealt with feminist themes.

She has also occasionally taken film roles throughout her career, including parts in Basquiat (1996), Man on the Moon (1999), as well as a major role in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), which garnered her a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of Althea Flynt.

Additionally, Love has attracted significant media attention over the years for her wild behavior and candid treatment of her grapples with drug addiction. Rolling Stone called Love “the most controversial woman in the history of rock.”