People Need To Stand Up, Women Need

For Whatever Reason I Just Remembered Being Six Years Old And My Parents Leaving The House And Trusting Me To Be Alone. I Had An Older Sister, I Think She Was Supposed To Babysit Me But She Immediately Ran Across The Street To Her Friend's House.

It's Unexpected For Women's Issues To Be Brought Up In Places Other Than Women's Centers On College Campuses Or Crisis Places.

Sometimes, Being A Feminist Artist, There Are Times Where I'm In A Position Where I Just Want To Feel Like I'm Saying All The Right Things Politically, Or I Feel Like I Have To Mention My Own Project Over Other People's Projects.

I Felt Like Going Out On The Road And Mixing It With Music - Which Is Something Young People Are Always Really Interested In - Would Be A Good Way To Proselytize. It Was Like Feminist Evangelism.

So Many Women Have Experienced Horrific Forms Of Male Violence Throughout Their Lives, And Why Isn't There A Song About How You Get Depressed Because Of It? And You Don't Know What To Do, And You Don't Know How To Talk To Your Friends And How Weird It Is To Be A Feminist In That Situation, Where There's Sort Of The Expectation That You're Super-strong Superwoman But You're Just, Like, Eating Pizza In Your House Avoiding Talking About It.