i wrote a few letters to Kathleen Hanna when i was 19 or 20...she always wrote back. sometimes it took awhile but i was always so happy when i received a letter & the return address said "K. Hanna"...there was one letter in particular that will always make me fucking happy! whenever i felt like giving up on zining or got a bad review i would take out this letter & it always made me feel better.... KATHLEEN HANNA THOUGHT I WAS
RAD & THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERED TO ME! :)
& then of course there was the time i met her at a Le Tigre show & she recognized me & she seemed just as excited to meet me!! & then she dedicated a song to me.....i was standing in the front row & she's like "oh ...this song is for Jolie!" then she points at me & says,"she's right there!"
it's so silly but those letters & that moment will always be very importatnt to me! i got this letter out cos i wanted to include it in the Riot Grrrl zine that i am doing with Hannah Ax Wound....but i really wanna share it now!!
This is a letter i receved from Kathleen Hanna when i was younger:
