I Know What I Want! And I

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've Had People Ask Me In Interviews What It's Like To Have Money, But That's Not How It Is. I Have A Middle-class Life. I Have A Room In London But Not A House, Nor A Bmw.

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.

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 Truth, Because The Truth Is That I Am Fat, And That's Ok. So Now When Someone Calls Me Fat, I Agree, Whereas Before I Would Get Embarrassed And Emotional.

I Never Went To College And I Was Raised In Arkansas So There Wasn't A Lot Of Academic Language Being Thrown Around My House. We Weren't Idiots, But I Didn't Have That Access To Academic Feminism. I Had To Realize, On My Own, That Feminism Is Not Just About How Far Ahead You Can Get In A Job And It Isn't About Not Wearing Makeup. It Isn't About Not Watching Your Waistline. I Had To Recreate The World Entirely.