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Girls are taught to sing high and pretty, like Antony, not low and

Girls are taught to sing high and pretty, like Antony, not low and from the guts like Nina Simone. But were slowly trying to change that. There are so many things were not told growing up, and its our true feminist responsibility to take the truth to the people who need to hear it. – Beth Ditto

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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 Streisands 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

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A few years back, when my style was punk grandma, I picked up an amazing pair of sandals – orthopaedic ones, with really thick soles. Ive given them away to a friend now, because these days my look is more 1980s substitute teacher gone wild. – Beth Ditto

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All this fashion stuff – whos cool now – is just a bigger version of the cool kids versus the nerds. – Beth Ditto

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