I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself.
BETH DITTOI worshipped Ethel Merman and I worshipped Ethel Merman a lot. It’s incredible – Ethel Merman was a conventional singer. Her naming her child Ethel Merman, Jr., was, to me, one of the coolest feminist things.
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Growing up as a chubby kid with a ton of imaginary friends and a Cyndi Lauper obsession, I learned about rejection early on and was constantly trying to avoid it.
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I think if the world were a fair and just place, there wouldn’t even need to be a gay label.
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Portland is a place where you can find a community as a feminist, a vegan or a fat activist. Artists, musicians, knitters, and filmmakers can all meet like-minded souls. It’s proved the perfect place for me and all my punk friends.
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Do I ever think Gossip will be really massive in America? No, I don’t think it’ll happen – and that’s fine. It’s kind of nice because I get to experience everything at once. I get to come home and it not be weird, like in Paris or something. It is nice to be completely anonymous.
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I am tired of spending a little bit of money in a lot of pieces because they keep on falling apart.
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I have a very good relationship with myself. My favourite quote is, “What you think about me is none of my business.”
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For my group of friends is Lady Gaga eye-opening? No. She’s a less dangerous version of what was so cool about pop culture in the 80s. Back then it was so gay and so punk in so many ways.
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When I think about the idea of Rebel Wilson having to go to the Oscars and not having something amazing to wear that’s made for her, it drives me mad.
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I worshipped Ethel Merman and I worshipped Ethel Merman a lot. It’s incredible – Ethel Merman was a conventional singer. Her naming her child Ethel Merman, Jr., was, to me, one of the coolest feminist things.
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I don’t love the word luxury because it feels Bougy to me.
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I love Adele so much and it’s honestly not because we’re both big.
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I have a lot of feminist idols. My favorite thing about growing up in Arkansas – well, not favorite but something I’ve always felt grateful for – was that I really had to dig for what I could. There was no Internet. There wasn’t tons of feminist literature floating around.
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If you have a therapist who agrees with your every word, then your brain isn’t getting proper exercise.
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I hate to do what I’m told, that’s why I’m not good at 9-to-5s.
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I don’t have a good attention span and can’t spend long in record stores or video shops or games emporiums without getting grumpy.
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