Kathleen Hanna (born November 12, 1968) is an American musician, feminist activist, and
punk zine writer. In the early-to mid-1990s she was the lead singer of feminist punk band
Bikini Kill, before fronting
Le Tigre in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 1998, Hanna released a
lo-fi solo album under the name
Julie Ruin and since 2010 has been working on a project called
The Julie Ruin.