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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.

Here Is My Prescription To Heal All Wounds. Watch The Film Funny Girl At Least Five Times, Eat At Least 45 Chocolate Bars, And Hang Out With All Those Friends You Blew Off To Hang Out With Your Ex. I Truly Believe That, Through A Combination Of Nutella, Old Pals And Barbra Streisand, We Can Achieve Happiness And, Very Probably, World Peace.

You Don't Pigeonhole Yourself, People Pigeonhole You. If The World Is Not At A Place Yet Where It Can Just Be Like, "this Music Is Gay And It's Music," Then It's Not My Fault That It Gets Pigeonholed, It's Not The People In The Band's Fault, It's Because People Won't Just Let Music Be Music, People Who Need To Put A Name On Something Or To Critique Something.

My Number-one Theory In Life Is That Style Is Proportional To Your Lack Of Resources - The Less You Have, The More Stylish You're Likely To Be.

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.