“I was brought up by a single mom in a poor town in Arkansas and while some aspects of small-town life were really positive – like the fact that everyone there is really sweet and hospitable – there is also this close-minded mentality, and that naturally made me want to rebel.”
— Beth Ditto
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Category: positive
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“Thanks to capitalism, the importance placed on beauty has never been so manipulated. We are the guinea pigs force-fed ads that tell us how pathetic we are: that we will never be loved, happy or valuable unless we have the body, the face, the hair, even the personality that will apparently be ours, if only we buy their products.”
— Beth Ditto
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Category: beauty
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“I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad.”
— Beth Ditto
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“I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad.”
— Beth Ditto
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Category: music
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“Starting out really punk came from not knowing any better and listening to music like that, not knowing how to play music – well, still not knowing how to play music.”
— Beth Ditto
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“My dad liked to boil a squirrel head and suck the brains out the nose. Smaller than a chicken, bigger than a rat.”
— Beth Ditto
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“I was brought up by a single mom in a poor town in Arkansas and while some aspects of small-town life were really positive – like the fact that everyone there is really sweet and hospitable – there is also this close-minded mentality, and that naturally made me want to rebel.”
— Beth Ditto
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Category: mom
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“Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom, a musician who came from an incredibly Christian background, but there was a lot of love, which is really inspiring in a feminist way.”
— Beth Ditto
Author: Beth Ditto
Category: mom
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