Carrie Brownstein

Carrie Brownstein is an American musician, writer, and actor who was a member of the influential feminist punk band Sleater-Kinney and co-created, co-wrote, and co-starred in Portlandia (IFC, 2011–2018), the sketch comedy series about Portland's progressive culture. She has been open about her queerness, describing herself in her memoir Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl (2015) as having a complex relationship with gender and desire. Her work with Sleater-Kinney and in Portlandia has been deeply embedded in queer feminist culture.