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There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.

Beth Ditto

I think it’s really cool that there are people like Adele on the cover of ‘Vogue’ and ‘Rolling Stone,’ and like I think it’s really important that people are talking about your body, because if they don’t, then you’ll never be able to break that barrier.
BETH DITTO

People Talking Thinking
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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Grow Up Kids Rejection
A beautiful plant is like having a friend around the house.
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Beautiful House Plant
I love Vivienne Westwood. Her work is so interesting, you can always find something that’s great and fits you.
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Fit Interesting Love
We all seek approval, and our mother’s seal is usually the most important. The nitty gritty is that we have to accept ourselves, even if it is just to be ready for the next cut-down. Mom’s blessing or not.
BETH DITTO

Cutting Mom Mother
When I moved out of my mom’s house at 18 I was almost as sad to leave her sewing machine behind as anything else.
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House Machine Mom
I’m 90% performer, 10% musician. I’ve always said that Gossip are a band I would go see, not a band I would listen to.
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Band Gossip Musician
This is how I feel about everything that’s out of your control: once you make a record, it’s not yours anymore. There’s nothing you can do. It’s the way I feel about political movements – both of those things grow on their own.
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Grow Movement Political
I grew up with the motto of “they can’t kill you and eat you,” and I still think that’s right. You sure as hell can’t! When it comes to speaking about my body makes other people uncomfortable but it doesn’t make me uncomfortable.
BETH DITTO

Baby Sexy Thinking
I knew that if I wanted to stop being a pushover I had to get comfortable with small rejections myself. That took some work, but because of it I can now say no to other people with a clear conscience.
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Clear Conscience People Rejection
I can take care of a house, and some people I meet, I think, ‘You don’t even know how to make a bed.
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House People Thinking
I thought to be feminine was to give in to straight culture, or the beauty standard, but in my heart I had a flair for fashion and style. They were passions I kept secret because I didn’t understand I could love clothes and hair and makeup and still like girls.
BETH DITTO

Fashion Girl Passion
When you see a fantastic colour or cut in a magazine, perched up on some famous so-and-so’s head, it’s tempting to ask your stylist for the same, but DO NOT BE FOOLED. The hair in those fancy photos can be very high maintenance.
BETH DITTO

Cutting Hair Maintenance
Starting out really punk came from not knowing any better and listening to music like that, not knowing how to play music – well, still not knowing how to play music.
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Knowing Listening Play
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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Games Long Video
Why wear pants when you can wear a muumuu?
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Clothes Pants Wear

There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.

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