"... we learned the idea of amateurism, not as something lower than professionalism, but as something to almost be aspired to, so that there was space for the viewer to kind of insert themselves and to see that they could do what we were doing. And so when we had flubs onstage and stuff like that, girls could see, 'oh, I can get up and make a mistake.' [...] We have to get up on stage and be able to play like Stevie Ray Vaughn because we're so afraid that someone's gonna say, 'you're good for a girl' [...] I think that public failure is incredibly important for young women to see."
Listen to this awesome interview with Kathleen Hanna from Bikini Kill. I don't think anyone actually reads my blog, but I'm posting this anyway just in case.
