Beth Ditto Quotes

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• If you have a therapist who agrees with your every word, then your brain isn't getting proper exercise.
• There is no rule in the pink-triangle guide to coming out that you must wear a rainbow flag cap and organise a full band parade.
• When I was a kid, Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell were mere blips on the gaydar; and they were both still in the closet.
• Why wear pants when you can wear a muumuu?
• You know, either I'm too fat or I'm flavour of the month. I don't feel either, but maybe I'm both, who knows?
• For me the greatest revenge of all is having a happy adulthood, waking up in my gorgeous turquoise bedroom in the morning beside a person…
• I feel sorry... for people who've had skinny privilege and then have it taken away from them. I have had a lifetime to adjust to…
• I was given baby doll toys myself, and they proved a stark reminder that my life was expected to revolve around childbearing - just as…
• Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with…
• 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…
• Even if you're only wearing trainers and a vest, eyeliner will instantly transform you. People always look put-together when their make-up's on and their eyes…
• Granny Ditto always referred to perfume as 'smell good' and for me it's an essential. I have a sweetheart who's extremely allergic to most scents,…
• Some makeup companies have really good recycling policies, and it's worth finding out whether your favourites are among them. With MAC, for instance, you can…
• Thanks to capitalism, the importance placed on beauty has never been so manipulated. We are the guinea pigs force-fed ads that tell us how pathetic…
• You know how people love to glamorize poverty? There's nothing glamorous about it. But it did make me really creative. Those days, I was literally…
• A few years back, when my style was 'punk grandma,' I picked up an amazing pair of sandals - orthopaedic ones, with really thick soles.…
• Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom, a musician who came from an incredibly Christian background, but there was a lot of love, which is really…
• 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…
• 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…
• For years now I have run a kitchen-sink punk salon in my house, called Salon du Gay. In the early days, people would pay for…

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