{"id":432,"date":"2023-04-25T00:26:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T00:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wers.org\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:58:55","slug":"2023-4-24-bikini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Bikini Kill @ Roadrunner on 4\/9"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\n
\n

\"bk\"bk<\/p>\n

\"bk\"bk<\/p>\n

\"bk\"bk<\/p>\n

\"bk\"bk<\/p>\n

\"bk\"bk<\/p>\n

\"bk\"bk<\/p>\n

\"bk\"bk<\/p>\n

\"bk\"bk<\/p>\n

\"bk\"bk<\/p>\n

\"bk\"bk<\/p>\n

\"bk\"bk<\/p>\n

\"bk\"bk<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n

By Julia Federing <\/h1>\n

The first time I remember listening to Bikini Kill was in 2021. I was walking through the streets of my suburban neighborhood, just twenty minutes away from where the band was partially founded, and I was pissed<\/em>. The COVID lockdown had been in effect for at least a year by now and while I knew it was necessary, I could feel my high school senior year slipping from my fingers. I was feeling incredibly isolated and powerless, so of course I turned to punk music to voice those rages.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Bikini Kill\u2019s concert at Boston\u2019s Roadrunner was postponed indefinitely due to the pandemic. Little did I know that our paths would cross just a few years later. <\/p>\n

Bikini Kill formed in Olympia, WA and Washington D.C. in 1990. The band was instrumental to not only punk but its feminist subsect, riot grrrl. One could argue that they\u2019re one of the most influential punk bands ever<\/em> (it\u2019s me, I would argue that). The band broke up in 1997 but united for a series of reunion tours in 2017 and have been traveling since.<\/p>\n

The show itself was lively, full of punks young and old (I saw one silver-haired guy in his 50s moshing next to a bunch of college students, right in the center of the pit. They got tired and gave up before he did). <\/p>\n

The show was heartfelt, too. Lead singer Kathleen Hanna reminisced with the audience about her last performance in Boston. She and her bandmates Tobi Vail, Billy Karren and Kathi Wilcox were almost forced offstage for singing songs about rape and sexual violence. “These motherfuckers are scared of us,” she proclaimed, stressing the importance of voicing the truth and when our democracy is jeopardized. \u201cBut,\u201d Hanna said, \u201clet\u2019s celebrate the things we have accomplished.\u201d And we did.<\/p>\n

Bikini Kill\u2019s performance was one of rage, integrity, and community. And as I screamed along to \u201cNew Radio\u201d with my friends, I remembered listening to the exact same song two years prior. I don\u2019t know, I think my 2021 self would be proud.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bikini Kill\u2019s performance was one of rage, integrity, and community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nPhotos: Bikini Kill @ Roadrunner on 4\/9 - wecb<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Photos: Bikini Kill @ Roadrunner on 4\/9 - wecb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bikini Kill\u2019s performance was one of rage, integrity, and community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"wecb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-25T00:26:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-18T18:58:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2023\/04\/thumbs-8.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"webadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"webadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"webadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/person\/c46ba3f7f9fe9c03fa23354d226a97a9\"},\"headline\":\"Photos: Bikini Kill @ Roadrunner on 4\/9\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-25T00:26:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-18T18:58:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/\"},\"wordCount\":360,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2023\/04\/thumbs-8.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/\",\"name\":\"Photos: Bikini Kill @ Roadrunner on 4\/9 - wecb\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2023\/04\/thumbs-8.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-25T00:26:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-18T18:58:55+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2023\/04\/thumbs-8.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2023\/04\/thumbs-8.png\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":2000,\"caption\":\"exc-64471b3afb4daa17abcaa52a\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Photos: Bikini Kill @ Roadrunner on 4\/9\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/\",\"name\":\"wecb\",\"description\":\"The Underground Sound of Emerson College\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#organization\",\"name\":\"wecb\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/05\/BlIvEz0B_400x400.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/05\/BlIvEz0B_400x400.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"wecb\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/person\/c46ba3f7f9fe9c03fa23354d226a97a9\",\"name\":\"webadmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/69ce876dbf64a439233868c95c707278a3886908f0b6e1169e431baa2c3cb615?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/69ce876dbf64a439233868c95c707278a3886908f0b6e1169e431baa2c3cb615?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"webadmin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/author\/webadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Photos: Bikini Kill @ Roadrunner on 4\/9 - wecb","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Photos: Bikini Kill @ Roadrunner on 4\/9 - wecb","og_description":"Bikini Kill\u2019s performance was one of rage, integrity, and community.","og_url":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/","og_site_name":"wecb","article_published_time":"2023-04-25T00:26:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-18T18:58:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":2000,"url":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2023\/04\/thumbs-8.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"webadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"webadmin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/"},"author":{"name":"webadmin","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/person\/c46ba3f7f9fe9c03fa23354d226a97a9"},"headline":"Photos: Bikini Kill @ Roadrunner on 4\/9","datePublished":"2023-04-25T00:26:27+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-18T18:58:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/"},"wordCount":360,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2023\/04\/thumbs-8.png","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/","url":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/","name":"Photos: Bikini Kill @ Roadrunner on 4\/9 - wecb","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2023\/04\/thumbs-8.png","datePublished":"2023-04-25T00:26:27+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-18T18:58:55+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2023\/04\/thumbs-8.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2023\/04\/thumbs-8.png","width":2000,"height":2000,"caption":"exc-64471b3afb4daa17abcaa52a"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-4-24-bikini\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Photos: Bikini Kill @ Roadrunner on 4\/9"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#website","url":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/","name":"wecb","description":"The Underground Sound of Emerson College","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#organization","name":"wecb","url":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/05\/BlIvEz0B_400x400.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/05\/BlIvEz0B_400x400.jpg","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"wecb"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/person\/c46ba3f7f9fe9c03fa23354d226a97a9","name":"webadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/69ce876dbf64a439233868c95c707278a3886908f0b6e1169e431baa2c3cb615?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/69ce876dbf64a439233868c95c707278a3886908f0b6e1169e431baa2c3cb615?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"webadmin"},"url":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/author\/webadmin\/"}]}},"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"Uncategorized"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2023\/04\/thumbs-8-1024x1024.png",1024,1024,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"webadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/author\/webadmin\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"Uncategorized","slug":"uncategorized","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":877,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":877,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Uncategorized","category_nicename":"uncategorized","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14318,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions\/14318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}