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Pussy Whipped was released 32 years ago today! In honor of the anniversary we're offering a 15% discount on our Bandcamp today on all formats of the record, including a limited edition blue cassette: bikinikill.bandcamp.com
Photo by Tammy Rae Carland
Tobi Vail, on the left, is leaning against the wall. She's wearing a black and white checkered western style shirt, with a bob haircut, and red lipstick. Kathleen Hanna in the middle is squatting down, wearing a pink Little Mermaid shirt, a chain around her neck, and a red star in her hair, Kathi Wilcox, on the right, has red hair with pink bows, she's wearing a pink and white checkered zip up jacket, and blue mini skirt. They are standing in front of a light blue wall. The insert of a Pussy Whipped cassette is unfolded showing the cover art to the left and four pictures of the band on the right. Below is the light blue cassette. They are on a white table.
October 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
theebikinikill.bsky.social
You've got until midnight PT today to help us raise funds! bikinikill.bandcamp.com
theebikinikill.bsky.social Bikini Kill @theebikinikill.bsky.social · Oct 3
Good morning! It is Bandcamp Friday again and this time we are raising funds for @ndlon.bsky.social's Immigrant Defense Fund! We have a couple of very special, limited edition cassettes for it: bikinikill.bandcamp.com/merch
Handmade flyer. Blue lettering on a hot pink paper with a lighter pink background on turquoise paper. It reads BANDCAMP FRIDAY BENEFIT FOR IMMIGRANT DEFENSE FUND
October 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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theebikinikill.bsky.social
ALL profit from ALL items sold on our Bandcamp today, Friday October 3rd, will be donated to the Immigrant Defense Fund.
October 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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The second is our self-titled EP on a NEON fuchsia shell. Only 200 of these as well: bikinikill.bandcamp.com/album/bikini...
Clear neon fuchsia cassette over black/white tape art.
October 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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The first is our demo, Revolution Girl Style Now, on a split red/black shell. It includes the bonus tracks from our 2015 reissue as well as the OG demo songs. Only 200 made: bikinikill.bandcamp.com/album/revolu...
Red side of the cassette on the tape art. on overview of the split cassette so you can see both sides.
October 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
theebikinikill.bsky.social
It is still Bandcamp Friday and we still have cassettes left: bikinikill.bandcamp.com
theebikinikill.bsky.social Bikini Kill @theebikinikill.bsky.social · Oct 3
Good morning! It is Bandcamp Friday again and this time we are raising funds for @ndlon.bsky.social's Immigrant Defense Fund! We have a couple of very special, limited edition cassettes for it: bikinikill.bandcamp.com/merch
Handmade flyer. Blue lettering on a hot pink paper with a lighter pink background on turquoise paper. It reads BANDCAMP FRIDAY BENEFIT FOR IMMIGRANT DEFENSE FUND
October 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
theebikinikill.bsky.social
Good morning! It is Bandcamp Friday again and this time we are raising funds for @ndlon.bsky.social's Immigrant Defense Fund! We have a couple of very special, limited edition cassettes for it: bikinikill.bandcamp.com/merch
Handmade flyer. Blue lettering on a hot pink paper with a lighter pink background on turquoise paper. It reads BANDCAMP FRIDAY BENEFIT FOR IMMIGRANT DEFENSE FUND
October 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Thanks everyone, with your support we were able to send $11,958.97 to the World Central Kitchen. 🖤
theebikinikill.bsky.social Bikini Kill @theebikinikill.bsky.social · Aug 1
It's Bandcamp Friday and we are raising funds for the World Central Kitchen's efforts in Gaza. This shirt is ONLY available today. All profit from sales of any items on our Bandcamp today will be donated.
theebikinikill.bsky.social Bikini Kill @theebikinikill.bsky.social · Aug 1
We have a very special, super limited edition shirt ONLY available today for it. bikinikill.bandcamp.com/merch/limite...
August 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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theebikinikill.bsky.social
It's Bandcamp Friday and we are raising funds for the World Central Kitchen's efforts in Gaza. This shirt is ONLY available today. All profit from sales of any items on our Bandcamp today will be donated.
theebikinikill.bsky.social Bikini Kill @theebikinikill.bsky.social · Aug 1
We have a very special, super limited edition shirt ONLY available today for it. bikinikill.bandcamp.com/merch/limite...
black t-shirt with Bikini Kill written in hot pink
August 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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arnicamontana.bsky.social
Limited edition benefit Bikini Kill shirt for World Central Kitchen at Bandcamp:

https://bikinikill.bandcamp.com/merch/limited-edition-benefit-shirt-for-world-central-kitchen

@theebikinikill.bsky.social

-Bikini Kill-
Concert Picture
Berlin, 2024
Picture © arnica montana for Plastic Bomb Fanzine
A performer stands on stage with a microphone, wearing a sparkling green and blue dress. Colorful stage lights illuminate the scene, a bassist and drums are visible in the background. The watermark "© arnica montana“ is in the left corner.
August 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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dogunderwater.bsky.social
just fyi for t-shirt lovers, Bikini Kill is selling a one-day-only shirt to benefit World Central Kitchen's work in Gaza today:
Limited edition benefit shirt for World Central Kitchen from Bikini Kill
Limited edition benefit shirt for World Central Kitchen from Bikini Kill
bikinikill.bandcamp.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
theebikinikill.bsky.social
It's Bandcamp Friday and we are raising funds for the World Central Kitchen's efforts in Gaza. This shirt is ONLY available today. All profit from sales of any items on our Bandcamp today will be donated.
theebikinikill.bsky.social Bikini Kill @theebikinikill.bsky.social · Aug 1
We have a very special, super limited edition shirt ONLY available today for it. bikinikill.bandcamp.com/merch/limite...
black t-shirt with Bikini Kill written in hot pink
August 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
theebikinikill.bsky.social
Good morning! It is once again Bandcamp Friday. Today we are raising funds for the World Central Kitchen's efforts in Gaza. All profit from today's sales on our Bandcamp page will be donated. bikinikill.bandcamp.com/merch
collage art. black background with hot pink and neon green. it says Bandcamp Friday Benefit For World Central Kitchen
August 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
theebikinikill.bsky.social
Tomorrow is, once again, Bandcamp Friday. We will be raising funds for the World Central Kitchen's efforts in Gaza and will have a limited edition shirt, ONLY available on our Bandcamp page. All profit from all sales in our Bandcamp store tomorrow will be donated to the WCK.
July 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
'This Is an Emergency': Kathleen Hanna on Uniting to Fight Against ICE Raids and Fascism
The riot grrrl front woman of legendary punk outfits Bikini Kill and Le Tigre wants the world to know that ‘protest is for everyone.’
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June 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
“Sometimes, Gazans walk for miles just to have access to the internet. They scale rooftops where they are exposed to potential military attacks just for the opportunity to get better cell signals–one signatory of this letter tragically lost her brother this way.“ Let them stay.
mommunism.bsky.social Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · May 24
We were hoping that this letter to @bsky.app could first be shared by a Gazan, but we were too worried that doing so would get their account deleted so we are sharing first.

You can sign on to the letter about the unfair treatment of Gazans on Bluesky here:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
[CLICK here if you would like your name added to this letter] النسخة العربية من هذه الرسالة متاحة أدناه. Open Letter to the Bluesky Team About Their Treatment of Palestinians in Gaza The signatories of this letter are all members of the Bluesky community, many of us have actively participated on the platform since its inception. We came to Bluesky because it was a breath of fresh air, a place that felt different from many of the other social media platforms. The lack of a central algorithm, the ability to build and use custom feeds, and the lack of penalty for link promotion contributed to an environment that allowed diverse and interesting voices to find their footing and community on Bluesky. While some of the signatories of this letter have had no issues with speaking their mind publicly on Bluesky, unfortunately that is not true for all the signatories because many are Palestinians currently living in Gaza. These Palestinians are journalists, artists, engineers, teachers, grandmas, entrepreneurs, a man who owned an ice cream shop, a pediatrician who has been featured on CBS Morning News, aid workers, architects, waiters, pharmacists, students–and perhaps most essential to the backbone of Bluesky, posters. All of these people provide unique and interesting voices to the Bluesky community. However, unlike the other signatories of this letter, these Bluesky community members have struggled to keep their accounts on the platform. Most of them have lost multiple accounts and/or have had their accounts labeled as spam. Some cannot even make an account without it immediately being removed from the platform. Gazans undertake immense efforts to simply be on Bluesky. Sometimes, they walk for miles just to have access to the internet. They scale rooftops where they are exposed to potential military attacks just for the opportunity to get better cell signals–one signatory of this letter tragically lost her brother this way. They use what little money they have to pay … Gazans have also been aggressively targeted and unfairly reported by bad actors. Many accounts openly encourage the reporting and targeting of any Palestinian. Several groups exist for the express purpose of looking for Palestinian accounts to report. We believe Bluesky owes Gazans, and the entire community who benefits from their voices, a greater duty of care especially in the context of the horrors they are enduring. We ask Bluesky to implement the following changes: Provide information on all Bluesky-affiliated websites in Arabic that explains the rules and expectations of the site in clear language. Investigate the accounts that are mass-reporting Palestinians on Bluesky. The mass reporting of Palestinians on Bluesky is a group effort to render the platform a hostile place for a community based on their ethnicity. As such, it is racism, and should be understood as such. Reports against Palestinians who have broken no community guidelines must be understood as racism, and the accounts that submit those reports should be disregarded in the future. Many Bluesky users encourage Gazans to tag or reply to them, and this is not always understood as unwelcome behavior. If an account is reported as Spam for tagging or replying to others, treat only reports from the tagged/mentioned account as legitimate, seeing as they were the only ones who received a notification. Send emails regarding disciplinary action every time it is taken. Gazans do not always get an email explaining what they did wrong, and those that do are required to parse a language they do not speak in order to understand their violation. Have these emails contain an easily visible link to information about their violations in Arabic. Respond to appeals in a timely fashion, many Gazans simply never hear back from Bluesky after they appeal a decision. In addition to removing Gazans for alleged spam behavior, Bluesky has also sometimes indicated that they are deleting an account for being a scam or … End IP bans on any account from Gaza and allow them to make new accounts where they can comply with Bluesky rules and continue to be valued members of the community. We understand that even if all these changes are made, many Gazans may still violate Bluesky rules in the future, but we hope that Bluesky will abandon their punitive approach to these violations and instead embrace an attitude of education, cooperation and community care– one that works to ensure people in Gaza can participate in a way that keeps their voices heard. We also call on the Bluesky community to help and support these accounts however they can. We want to continue to build a healthy community with better community members and this cannot be done if Gazans continue to be shunned. We can use this as an opportunity to show how to protect all vulnerable groups in the future. We hope that Bluesky does not follow the path of other social media platforms and instead forges ahead with a different philosophy. After all, that is the reason so many of its users are there. Bluesky's ethos of "No Caesars” should apply to all members of its community. [To add your name to the list of signatories, click here.]
May 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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faroutmagazine.co.uk/movie-inspir...
The movie that inspired Kathleen Hanna's career
There are a number of different people and pieces of music that inspired Kathleen Hanna's riot grrrl movement, but this film was one of the biggest influences.
faroutmagazine.co.uk
May 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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If you missed out on these in March we just added the remaining stock to the store (we always print overage in case of lost orders, damaged shirts, etc). It's a literal handful though so act quick! All profit will be donated to @southernequality.bsky.social's Trans Youth Emergency Fund again.
theebikinikill.bsky.social Bikini Kill @theebikinikill.bsky.social · Mar 7
It's Bandcamp Friday! Today we are raising funds for the @southernequality.bsky.social's Trans Youth Emergency Fund. We have a very special, limited edition shirt that will ONLY be available today: bikinikill.bandcamp.com
Azalea pink shirt with Bikini Kill written in turquoise and white alternating letters.
May 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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My new favorite Wednesday shirt! Thanks @theebikinikill.bsky.social !

#BikiniKill #TransIsBeautiful #TransWomenAreWomen #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Blonde white woman wearing a pink shirt with the words "Bikini Kill" emblazoned across the front in alternating blue and white letters
April 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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jcjray.bsky.social
New shirt yo. Thanks @theebikinikill.bsky.social
Woke chubby white person in their 40s proudly wearing a Bikini Kill shirt in pink, blue, and white
April 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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wolvendamien.bsky.social
My trans rights @theebikinikill.bsky.social shirts showed up today! *And* they came with a dope thank you post-it! :D
Pink t-shirt with the words "Bikini Kill" in alternating blue and white letters, the three colors of the transgender rights flag. Stuck to the shirt is a neon green post-it note with the words "thank you!" and a heart (or maybe a b?) in metalic pink gel pen
April 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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rollingstone.com
Kathleen Hanna and ESG’s Renee Scroggins Want to Rewrite the American Songbook

The artists, along with singer-composer Tamar-kali, teamed up to honor pioneering 1970s rock band Fanny at New York's Lincoln Center.
Kathleen Hanna and ESG's Renee Scroggins Want to Rewrite the American Songbook
ESG and Fanny were celebrated during a Kathleen Hanna and Tamar-kali curated show honoring women trailblazers in music at New York's Lincoln Center
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April 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Copenhagen! We will be playing Syd for Solen Festival on August 9th. www.billetlugen.dk/campaign/syd...
Flyer for festival. Pic of Bikini Kill - Kathleen in the foreground holding her left arm up singing into a microphone. Kathi is on the right of her playing bass, Tobi is playing a red drum set. Below the pic it says Bikini Kill Lordag 9. August Valbyparken Syd For Solen Musik til Kebenhavn
April 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Happy Trans Day of Visibility! Thanks to your help we were able to donate $25,237.56 to the @southernequality.bsky.social's Trans Youth Emergency Project last week! southernequality.org/tyep/
Trans Youth Emergency Project: Supporting Families of Trans Youth
Supporting families of trans youth nationwide through the logistical and financial burdens of navigating bans on gender-affirming care.
southernequality.org
March 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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stereogum.com
On International Women’s Day the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame hosted a conversation between @theebikinikill.bsky.social’s @kathleenhanna.bsky.social and Paramore’s Hayley Williams (who was wearing a notable vintage t-shirt). They were meeting for the first time and the HOF will be releasing a recording.
March 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM