The Linda Lindas: Meet the punk-powered school girls rising to rock’s feminist forefront

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Parks and Recreation star was in the crowd at a Bikini Kill gig in 2019; The Linda Lindas closed the show with a blistering cover of Le Tigre’s “TKO”. I didn’t know what was happening so I told him I was Chinese and he started backing away from me.” Mila went home and told her family and her bandmates; “Racist Sexist Boy” was born one Zoom call later. Eloise – who is responsible for the band’s most hot-tempered tracks – chirps up, “Right after ‘Racist Sexist Boy’ blew up, people would ask us questions about what it's like to be Asian people in a band…” Four pairs of eyes roll in unison. “I’m not good at sharing my emotions so that was a way of relaying my feelings but not necessarily letting everybody in.” Political statements aside, The Linda Lindas are enjoying their youth – and a life outside lockdown.