Jenny Hval Quotes

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• The body should not just be something you see. It's also the inside of it. It's frightening and abstract and much more than pretty or…
• There's a great relationship between pop music and the way the body could be seen from the inside - when I was singing or listening…
• Gym is a center of capitalist breakdown, and everything is focused on the individual.
• Soft things are terrifying. They're the real signals of death. Images of strength can never be that terrifying. It's the images of weakness that are…
• Very devoted religious people are so extroverted, but at the same time, they're so repressed sexually and so conservative. I've never been able to understand…
• Everything you do is so personal. In the end, it doesn't matter so much if you write about your own life or not. It's going…
• Health is so important now, it's ridiculous - the body has become frightening, this thing that will kill you if you don't keep really healthy.…
• If you believe that you have nothing to fight for, that just means the people in power, and the people with money, can sneak anything…
• I disagree very strongly with people saying "that battle is over." If you've started a battle, I don't think it ever ends. The illusion that…
• I'm constantly reading and trying to enlighten myself to how the world works in its silent ways to make everything seem normal when it's actually…
• Everybody needs to read a lot of revolutionary stuff, because the revolution is a big part of our will to live.
• I've always seen myself as the person listening to alternative music and all that - generic indie person. I always tried to be the least…
• When I was growing up, I would try to sing out of key very consciously. I was probably afraid of trying too hard to do…
• It feels very different to have long, thick, brightly colored hair. It makes me feel so conflicted to wear, and I believe showing a conflicted…
• Norway is pretty forward thinking in terms of gender equality, but we don't seem to practice it as well as we think. I'm constantly thinking:…

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