My Dad Liked To Boil A Squirrel

I Was Always Being Told Off At School. The Teachers Would Say: 'everyone's Talking, But You're The One I Can Hear.

I Worshipped Ethel Merman And I Worshipped Ethel Merman A Lot. It's Incredible - Ethel Merman Was A Conventional Singer. Her Naming Her Child Ethel Merman, Jr., Was, To Me, One Of The Coolest Feminist Things.

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.

I Think It's Really Cool That There Are People Like Adele On The Cover Of 'vogue' And 'rolling Stone,' And Like I Think It's Really Important That People Are Talking About Your Body, Because If They Don't, Then You'll Never Be Able To Break That Barrier.

Just Like My Straight Friends, I Am Repeatedly Asked When I Plan To Have Kids, And Have Been Told Many Times, By Various Branches Of My Bloodline, That "even Lesbians Can Have Babies These Days."