Kathleen Hanna – The Ongoing History of Protest Music

Protest Music of Hall of Fame: Rebel Girl – Bikini Kill

From the artist's Bandcamp "When she walks, the revolution's comin'In her hips, there's revolutionWhen she talks, I hear the revolutionIn her kiss, I taste the revolution" These are lyrics to…

CJ Baker March 17, 2025

1990s: A Decade In Protest Music

100 Best Protest Albums of the 1990s

Bikini Kill. From artist's Bandcamp Much of the music of the 90s may be associated more with personal angst that political dissension, but it was still a rich decade for…

CJ Baker January 17, 2021

2000s: A Decade In Protest Music

100 Best Protest Albums of the 2000s

Sleater-Kinney (Photo by Tyler Craft) Part of the purpose of this site is to chronicle the historical developments of protest music. One way to do this is to look back…

CJ Baker May 5, 2020

Daily Dose of Protest

Daily Dose of Protest: 77 – Alice Bag (featuring Kathleen Hanna and Allison Wolfe)

Alice Bag is an influential punk musician and feminist activist who is most known for being a founding member of the Bags who were featured in Penelope Spheeris seminal 1981 documentary The…

CJ Baker March 15, 2018

Songs Lists

15 Important Protest Albums By Women

Recently within the music industry there has been increased scrutiny over whether women are being granted equal opportunity. This was highlighted with the Grammy Awards where over the past five…

CJ Baker March 15, 2018