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I’m like cheddar: Yes, other cheeses are more ooh la la, but I’m strong, mature, and oh so delicious.

Beth Ditto

Get a Job’ is about all the rich kids we knew when we were younger, kids who never had jobs but always had money for partying or getting their hair done.
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Jobs Kids Party
Life is not about creating an unreal existence. People should be challenged to find something cool about the mundane.
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Existence Mundane People
I love Adele so much and it’s honestly not because we’re both big.
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Bigs Emotion Honestly Love
I’ve belched a lot more since I had gall bladder surgery. I don’t know why.
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Bladder Surgery
I really worshipped Mama Cass a lot. Mama Cass, who was really fat and she didn’t lose weight. Yeah, she went on diets but for the most part of her life and the better part of her career she was a big person.
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Careers Mama Weight
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.
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Cutting Mom Mother
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
ABBA was a direct influence on me.
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Country Direct Influence
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
I hate to do what I’m told, that’s why I’m not good at 9-to-5s.
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Good Hate Told
True love is about being able to accept raw emotions, no matter how difficult.
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Accepting Emotion Love
A few years back, when my style was “punk grandma”, I picked up an amazing pair of sandals – orthopaedic ones, with really thick soles. I’ve given them away to a friend now, because these days my look is more “1980s substitute teacher gone wild.”
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Grandma Teacher Years
I find inspiration everywhere. I love challenges and my favorite thing is to find something ridiculous and be like “if it’s all that I have available to me, I am gonna make it look the best that I can”.
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Challenges Favorites Inspiration Things
I’ve had a ton of fast-food jobs – it changes your approach to human interaction forever.
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Fast Food Forever Jobs
Sometimes love can mean letting go and loving each other from a distance. Maybe that’s what you’re feeling?
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Distance Letting Go Mean
Because I didn’t have any queer, lesbian, female role models I hated my own femininity and had to look deep within myself to create an identity that worked for me. Pop culture just doesn’t hand us enough variety to choose from.
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Female Hands Identity Role Models

I’m like cheddar: Yes, other cheeses are more ooh la la, but I’m strong, mature, and oh so delicious.

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