As you've no doubt learned from reading Buzzworthy, part of loving pop music means scoping out its history. That said, there's really better pop musician to chat with than riot grrrl founder and iconic feminist Kathleen Hanna, founder of left-leaning '90s punk projects like Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Nowadays, Hanna has switched gears to front The Julie Ruin, where she continues to carry the torch for all alt-rock-loving ladies everywhere via songs like "Oh Come On."
Today, Hanna stopped by Brooklyn's Barclays Center to chat the origins of riot grrrl (be still, our beating hearts) with Buzzworthy's Tamar Anitai and fellow lady musician and VMAs red carpet correspondent Grimes -- read on below!
Read more about the origins of Riot Grrl after the jump.
"I really wanted to be the Pied Piper of feminism," said Hanna of her riot grrrl beginnings. "People were telling me it was dead. Doing it through music was such a wonderful way to reach other young women. The media started calling it 'riot grrrl' after a fan zine that we had made."
"The main idea was that anyone could take that name and make it into anything that they wanted," continued Hanna. "It wasn't a brand. It wasn't this thing that anybody owned, just like feminism. It was a punk rock version of feminism."
Grimes agreed: "Alternative music is so male dominated," she said. "For me it was really inspiring to get a Le Tigre record, and [the band] was all women. [The presence of women in alternative music] was more relatable to me." #GirlPower
Want to see more Grimes? Watch her on the VMA red carpet tomorrow with fellow style correspondent designer Rachel Antonoff, starting Sunday, Aug. 25 at 8 p.m. ET!
+ See Kathleen Hanna and Grimes discuss what feminism means to them, and keep watching the VMA All Access Livestream.
Cast your vote NOW for this year’s Video Music Award winners from the 2013 VMA Nominees. The 2013 Video Music Awards air Aug. 25 on MTV and VMA.MTV.com, live from Brooklyn's Barclays Center. No sleep till Brooklyn!
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