Aretha Franklin Was A Teenage Mom, A

I Thought To Be Feminine Was To Give In To Straight Culture, Or The Beauty Standard, But In My Heart I Had A Flair For Fashion And Style. They Were Passions I Kept Secret Because I Didn't Understand I Could Love Clothes And Hair And Makeup And Still Like Girls.

We Had So Many Milestones In America. We Were On Our Way To Universal Healthcare. We Had Gay Marriage. We Were Talking About Gender Fluidity And Trans Issues Openly And Discussing Them With Respect. It Was Almost To The Point Where Educating People About Transgender Rights Wasn't An Issue. We Were Including Trans People As A Normal Part Of Our Conversations Instead Of Seeing Their Presence As This Shocking Thing To The System. We Forgot That Those Things Can Be Taken Away From You Because There Are People In The World That, For Whatever F - King Reason, Can't Live And Let Live.

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 Who Really Inspires Me. That's The Best Revenge A Girl-loving-girl From The Bible Belt Could Possibly Have. And, Importantly, It's Healthy.

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!

Why Wear Pants When You Can Wear A Muumuu?