This is Kathleen Hanna's solo act! She answered some questions for me.

Are you gonna be playing your stuff live? How will you do this?
Yeah, I'm gonna play some stuff off the Julie record live w/ the help of my friends, a sampler and some good luck. We're also writing a bunch of new songs.

What do you think about how there's such a lack of girls/ladies making rap in "punk rock"? Or even rap bands at all in punk rock? I think rapping is one of the most fun things.
In the States it just seems like things are really segregated. Stereotypes about African American culture (including Hip Hop) abound and are meant to keep whites scared when really it's the whites who act scary for the most part. As a white person I am aware that whiteness has been presented to me as the norm aka the privilege attached to it is often "invisible"... White people tend to feel like their/our culture is at the center and simultaneously feel like we don't have a culture... because of this whites try to buy/appropriate "other" cultures for them/ourselves. This is completely gross, obviously, and nothing I wanna perpetuate. The question becomes then, how can we challenge segregation in a way that isn't destructive towards people? How can different scenes mix in a way that is healthy and interesting?

Where did you get all your samples from? Is it fairly easy to use a sampler?
I just got them off of records I had... I don't wanna say where exactly cause I don't wanna get sued. Samplers are super easy to use! You can buy a cheap one (like I have) for around a hundred bucks. (maybe it's different in NZ I'm not sure).

Is Julie Ruin a one-off thing or are you gonna keep making records?
Julie will probably keep putting out solo stuff but she's also into being in a band that'll probably be called something better than Julie Ruin, you know?

How long did it take to put all the songs together?
It took me like a year and a half to put the songs together. It was really fun to do.

Are you involved with Mr. Lady at all? Are you making any movies? What do you think about making video clips for songs?
I'm only involved with Mr. Lady cuz my best friend Tammy is the co-founder/co-owner of it. I did just make a video for the Julie song AEROBICIDE though, it'll probably be available thru Kill Rock Stars on the 2nd video compilation they put out (they're about to put out #1). I want to do a bunch of videos and maybe put out a full length thing of my own on Mr. Lady. The one I did w/ my friend Sadie (for Aerobicide) is very low budget. We made it with a high 8 video camera.

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