![]() Bikini Kill earned a reputation in the punk underground for confronting certain standards of that genre for example, asking people to slam at the side of the stage, so that women would not get pushed out of the front, and inviting women to take the mic and talk about sexual abuse. The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll credits the zine with coining the slogan: "In their feminist fanzine Bikini Kill they articulated an agenda for young women in and outside of music the band put those ideas to practice. ![]() The term became popular in the early and mid 90s punk culture. The band's lead singer, Kathleen Hanna, said was inspired by the Black Power slogan. A year later the band published the second issue of their Bikini Kill zine, which now came with the new subtitle of Girl Power. In 1990, US punk band Bikini Kill started to make their own self-titled feminist zine, with the first issue having the subtitle A color and activity book. ![]() Girls wearing "Girl power" sashes at the 2017 Women's March in New York City ![]()
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