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  • Beth Ditto Quote - I said to my teacher, ‘I can’t be a singer because I’m not pretty enough, and I’m fat.’ And she looked at me and said, ‘Tell that to Nell Carter, babe.’ That changed my life forever!
  • Beth Ditto Quote - I said to my teacher, ‘I can’t be a singer because I’m not pretty enough, and I’m fat.’ And she looked at me and said, ‘Tell that to Nell Carter, babe.’ That changed my life forever!
  • Beth Ditto Quote - I said to my teacher, ‘I can’t be a singer because I’m not pretty enough, and I’m fat.’ And she looked at me and said, ‘Tell that to Nell Carter, babe.’ That changed my life forever!
  • Beth Ditto Quote - I said to my teacher, ‘I can’t be a singer because I’m not pretty enough, and I’m fat.’ And she looked at me and said, ‘Tell that to Nell Carter, babe.’ That changed my life forever!
  • Beth Ditto Quote - I said to my teacher, ‘I can’t be a singer because I’m not pretty enough, and I’m fat.’ And she looked at me and said, ‘Tell that to Nell Carter, babe.’ That changed my life forever!
  • Beth Ditto Quote - I said to my teacher, ‘I can’t be a singer because I’m not pretty enough, and I’m fat.’ And she looked at me and said, ‘Tell that to Nell Carter, babe.’ That changed my life forever!
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I said to my teacher, ‘I can’t be a singer because I’m not pretty enough, and I’m fat.’ And she looked at me and said, ‘Tell that to Nell Carter, babe.’ That changed my life forever!

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - I’m constantly thinking about what I’ll do next. I never count on music being a career of longevity. I mean, longevity is key, and I hope that it lasts, but you just don’t know, because it’s not in your hands, you don’t make the decision.

    I’m constantly thinking about what I’ll do next. I never count on music being a career of longevity. I mean, longevity is key, and I hope that it lasts, but you just don’t know, because it’s not in your hands, you don’t make the decision.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - We weren’t idiots, but I didn’t have that access to academic feminism. I had to realize, on my own, that feminism is not just about how far ahead you can get in a job and it isn’t about not wearing makeup. It isn’t about not watching your waistline. I had to recreate the world entirely.

    We weren’t idiots, but I didn’t have that access to academic feminism. I had to realize, on my own, that feminism is not just about how far ahead you can get in a job and it isn’t about not wearing makeup. It isn’t about not watching your waistline. I had to recreate the world entirely.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.

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

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - Even talking, I’m super-loud. I could never have that kind of meek, little wispy whimsical lavender and lace voice. It comes from my body. There’s no way I can fight it.

    Even talking, I’m super-loud. I could never have that kind of meek, little wispy whimsical lavender and lace voice. It comes from my body. There’s no way I can fight it.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - I love Adele so much and it’s honestly not because we’re both big.

    I love Adele so much and it’s honestly not because we’re both big.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - 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.

    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.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - I’ve had people ask me in interviews what it’s like to have money, but that’s not how it is. I have a middle-class life. I have a room in London but not a house, nor a BMW.

    I’ve had people ask me in interviews what it’s like to have money, but that’s not how it is. I have a middle-class life. I have a room in London but not a house, nor a BMW.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - Barack Obama was amazing, but he wasn’t perfect. We all know that. He was the closest thing to perfect America’s ever had. We were basking in the glow. We forgot that there’s always going to be a backlash within a movement every time.

    Barack Obama was amazing, but he wasn’t perfect. We all know that. He was the closest thing to perfect America’s ever had. We were basking in the glow. We forgot that there’s always going to be a backlash within a movement every time.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - As a kid, I was always mad – just noticing the women at Thanksgiving, running around the kitchen, while the men were watching football. For one, I don’t want to cook, and for two, I hate football. I was stuck in the middle.

    As a kid, I was always mad – just noticing the women at Thanksgiving, running around the kitchen, while the men were watching football. For one, I don’t want to cook, and for two, I hate football. I was stuck in the middle.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - I have been 130 lbs. as well as 215 lbs. I have had blond, strawberry blond, green, pink and purple hair, and none of that has ever exempted me from having lewd comments flung at me in the street. Download This Image

    I have been 130 lbs. as well as 215 lbs. I have had blond, strawberry blond, green, pink and purple hair, and none of that has ever exempted me from having lewd comments flung at me in the street.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - I support love any healthy way you can get it.

    I support love any healthy way you can get it.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - My size has helped make me an amazing performer too. The cliche of the Funny Fat Friend: I absolutely was that character – I am that character… It’s a complicated bag of tools I acquired, and I’ve put them all to work onstage.

    My size has helped make me an amazing performer too. The cliche of the Funny Fat Friend: I absolutely was that character – I am that character… It’s a complicated bag of tools I acquired, and I’ve put them all to work onstage.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom, a musician who came from an incredible Christian background, and where there was a lot of love, which is really inspiring in a feminist way.

    Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom, a musician who came from an incredible Christian background, and where there was a lot of love, which is really inspiring in a feminist way.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - I work really well under pressure but I really hate doing things on a timeframe.

    I work really well under pressure but I really hate doing things on a timeframe.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - I wish I could open a piece of my brain and you could see into my memories. Download This Image

    I wish I could open a piece of my brain and you could see into my memories.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - We have to stop this idea that we have to be a certain shape.

    We have to stop this idea that we have to be a certain shape.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - A beautiful plant is like having a friend around the house.

    A beautiful plant is like having a friend around the house.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - I was born fat and have always been, which was just fine and even healthy and cute until I turned ten or so. Puberty hit like a hurricane and brought a new set of rules. All of a sudden it was my fault I was chubby.

    I was born fat and have always been, which was just fine and even healthy and cute until I turned ten or so. Puberty hit like a hurricane and brought a new set of rules. All of a sudden it was my fault I was chubby.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - Products are a must – full stop. I’m sorry to say it, but that bob won’t look so sleek on its own – you need a little help. It doesn’t have to be the high-end stuff that they sell in the salon. Products you find in the supermarket are just as good, and sometimes better.

    Products are a must – full stop. I’m sorry to say it, but that bob won’t look so sleek on its own – you need a little help. It doesn’t have to be the high-end stuff that they sell in the salon. Products you find in the supermarket are just as good, and sometimes better.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - The black bubble dress is a must! The leggings are absolutely amazing too, they fit perfectly and let you breath when still being super high-waisted. They are everything and so easy to pair anything with. Download This Image

    The black bubble dress is a must! The leggings are absolutely amazing too, they fit perfectly and let you breath when still being super high-waisted. They are everything and so easy to pair anything with.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - This archaic idea – that a woman who is unmarried and childless at 30 is somehow unnatural – will probably always exist, and, like most social standards, it is ridiculous. Download This Image

    This archaic idea – that a woman who is unmarried and childless at 30 is somehow unnatural – will probably always exist, and, like most social standards, it is ridiculous.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - When I was a teenager I would lock myself in the bathroom for hours, bouffanting my hair like Patty Duke and trying to recreate Barbra Streisand’s flawless eyeliner, only to comb it all out and wash it all off before stepping out into the world a butchish bisexual teen.

    When I was a teenager I would lock myself in the bathroom for hours, bouffanting my hair like Patty Duke and trying to recreate Barbra Streisand’s flawless eyeliner, only to comb it all out and wash it all off before stepping out into the world a butchish bisexual teen.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - I can take care of a house, and some people I meet, I think, ‘You don’t even know how to make a bed.

    I can take care of a house, and some people I meet, I think, ‘You don’t even know how to make a bed.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You’re constantly learning how to be confident, aren’t you?

    I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You’re constantly learning how to be confident, aren’t you?

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - 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.

    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
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad.

    I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad.

    BETH DITTO
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Beth Ditto Quote - To be thin and to stay really thin, sometimes some people literally do coke all the time. Some people smoke cigarettes instead of eating. That’s crazy. But that’s ‘okay’ because you look healthier.

    To be thin and to stay really thin, sometimes some people literally do coke all the time. Some people smoke cigarettes instead of eating. That’s crazy. But that’s ‘okay’ because you look healthier.

    BETH DITTO