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| February 2025 |
Free the nipple
Charli XCX wore a sheer black dress to the Brit Awards and made a public statement about Free the Nipple, challenging ITV's stance on nipple visibility.
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| June 13 2024 | Won the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction for her book 'Doppelganger'. |
| April 23 2024 | Klein spoke at a 'Seder in the Streets' event near Senator Chuck Schumer's residence, drawing parallels between the Exodus story and her critique of Zionism, describing it as a 'false idol' used for 'colonial land theft'. |
| 2023 | 'Doppelganger' was featured in The Guardian's Best Ideas Books of 2023. |
| October 2023 | Klein wrote commentary in the context of the Israel-Hamas war. |
| October 31 2023 |
Free the nipple
Skims, Kim Kardashian's shapewear company, releases 'The Ultimate Nipple Bra', which sold out within a month of its launch, sparking conversation about body perception and modesty.
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| September 2023 | Released her memoir and social critique 'Doppelganger', which explores her experiences being chronically confused with Naomi Wolf and examines societal political fractures. |
| March 2023 | Australian tour with shows in Hobart, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Golden Plains Festival, Perth, and Sydney Opera House. Lauren Hammel fills in on drums for Victorian shows when Tobi Vail falls ill. |
| 2022 | The Casual Dots, featuring Kathi Wilcox, released an album. |
| 2022 | Sara Landeau joins the band as a touring guitarist and occasional bassist. |
| 2022 | Bikini Kill continues touring, maintaining their reunion with Erica Dawn Lyle on guitar. |
| 2022 |
Free the nipple
Tumblr relaxed its restrictions on nudity that were previously implemented in 2018.
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| October 2022 | Announce an Australian tour for March 2023, their first Australian shows in 26 years, with touring guitarist Sara Landeau replacing Billy Karren. |
| October 7 2022 | Naomi Klein published an article titled 'COP27 Summit in Egypt's Police State Creates Moral Crisis for Climate Movement' in The Intercept, critiquing the political context of the climate conference. |
| 2021 | Contributed vocals to Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez's song 'Let's Keep It Going' |
| 2021 | Joined the University of British Columbia as a Professor in Climate Justice and co-director of the Centre for Climate Justice. |
| 2021 | Received the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity from the Media Ecology Association. |
| 2020 | Roller derby was under consideration as a potential roller sport for the 2020 Summer Olympics. |
| 2020 | Featured in the documentary film The Go-Go's, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was later broadcast on Showtime. |
| 2020 | Appeared on Chelsea Peretti's song 'BDR' from the album 'Phosphorescent Panic' |
| 2019 | Bikini Kill reunites permanently with Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail, and Kathi Wilcox, beginning a new active period for the band. |
| 2019 |
Free the nipple
Google+ was shut down, eliminating its previous policy of allowing nipples only in cartoons.
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| 2019 | Received an honorary doctorate from the University of Amsterdam. |
| November 2019 | Signed a letter supporting Jeremy Corbyn and endorsing him in the 2019 UK general election, describing him as 'a beacon of hope' against far-right nationalism. |
| November 6 2019 | Announce a thirteen-date North American Tour for 2020, originally scheduled to start March 13 in Olympia, Washington. |
| September 2019 |
Free the nipple
Fort Collins, Colorado decided to stop defending their ordinance prohibiting women from revealing their breasts after spending over $300,000 on legal battles, effectively repealing the code and granting women the right to go topless in the 10th Circuit jurisdictions.
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| September 17 2019 | Klein's book 'On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal' was published, discussing climate change and featuring her meeting with Greta Thunberg. |
| September 15 2019 | Headline the third day of the Riot Fest event in Chicago. |
| June 2019 | Band plays two European dates in London at Brixton Academy, supported by Big Joanie, the Tuts, and Child's Pose. |
| April 2019 | Simon & Schuster announced the publication of Naomi Klein's seventh book, 'On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal', a collection of essays focusing on climate change. |
| April 25 2019 | First reunion show at the Hollywood Palladium with Alice Bag as opener. |
| January 15 2019 | Bikini Kill announces four U.S. shows in New York and Los Angeles, with a lineup including Hanna, Wilcox, Vail, and touring guitarist Erica Dawn Lyle. |
| 2018 | A reissue of 'The Singles' was made available, expanding the band's archival releases. |
| 2018 |
Free the nipple
Tumblr changed its rules to ban 'female-presenting nipples' and other nudity.
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| 2018 |
Free the nipple
Free the Nipple events were held in Brighton, England.
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| 2018 |
Gurl.com
Gurl.com ceases activity following the closure of Defy Media, and is later redirected to Seventeen's website.
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| 2018 | Started 'Tees 4 Togo', a project selling t-shirts with proceeds going to Peace Sisters, a non-profit that funds girls' school tuition in Dapaong, Togo. |
| October 2018 | Began her appointment as the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, a position she held for 3 years. |
| September 2018 | Completed her term on the board of directors of 350.org at the end of the fiscal year. |
| June 2018 | Naomi Klein published 'The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists', a paperback and e-book examining Puerto Rico's post-Hurricane Maria humanitarian crisis and critiquing disaster capitalism. |
| March 3 2018 | The first intercollegiate roller derby bout took place, with the Claremont Colleges roller derby team defeating Arizona State University. This marked a significant milestone in the expansion of college roller derby in the United States. |
| 2017 | Bikini Kill reunites with original members Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail, and Kathi Wilcox for performances. |
| 2017 | Kathleen Hanna, Kathi Wilcox, and Tobi Vail reunite to play one song at a book-release concert for Jenn Pelly's book about the Raincoats. |
| 2017 | 'No Is Not Enough' is longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction in the US. |
| 2017 | Featured on P.O.S's song 'Sleepdrone/Superposition' from the album 'Chill, dummy' |
| 2017 | Appeared on the British radio show Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4. |
| 2017 | 'No Logo' ranked Number 3 on The Guardian's list of the Top 100 Non Fiction books of all-time. |
| 2017 | Klein was criticized by conservative writers Mark Milke and James Kirchick for her previous support of Hugo Chávez. |
| September 2017 | Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS) releases its first set of Roller Derby Rules at the World Roller Games in Nanjing, China. |
| August 26 2017 |
Free the nipple
A Free the Nipple event was held in Hull, England on Women's Equality Day and Go Topless Day.
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