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I think if we can't use the word feminist, if it's some kind of taboo or dirty word, or means you're ugly, or you're angry, or you're not dateable [laughs], then you've just reduced the language by a whole concept.

Ani DiFranco

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Ani DiFranco
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 23
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Second Wave feminism started with consciousness-raising groups, which sounds big but it's really just house parties. Women getting together and saying, You feel this way?! Me too! Hanging out is consciousness-raising.
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The world is my oyster. The road is my home. And I know that I'm better off Alone.
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There are so many things that we have to be very concerned about. But I always come back to feminism. People look at me sideways now and are like, With everything going on, the destruction of the environment, these endless wars, this capitalism that has a stranglehold on our culture and our world and you're talking about feminism still?
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Well, it's really gratifying to me to have a stage and some bright lights and a microphone. They're tools and opportunities, and to be able to just pull somebody up on stage with me and point at them is a great feeling.
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I am a thinned-skinned type. I am very sensitive, very emotional. Vulnerability is kind of always a part of my day.
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In any marginalized community, whether people identify themselves or not affects us all.
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They see me as a symbol, and not a human being. That way they can kill me, say it’s not murder it’s a metaphor.
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One thing that Barack Obama promised, one thing that we all know we must do is evolve our industry and our technology to being green and sustainable. We need to move away from fossil fuels and nuclear power, both of which I think spell doom for human society.
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I've been saying the Occupy Movement has got the ball rolling, and now we need to take the fight to the great indoors!
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Every time I say something they find hard to hear, they chalk it up to my anger, and never to their own fear.
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If you’re not angry, then you’re just stupid, you don’t care. How else can you react when something’s so unfair?
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You've decided to love me for eternity, I'm still deciding who I want to be today.
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I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there's something about music that people hold so close. It's such a powerful art form, and that's why I live for it.
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I fear that Donald Trump will continue to be followed around by the media in its totality as he continues to rail against Hillary Clinton.
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I was supposed to be cool about this, yeah, I remember - cool was the plan. Tried to keep it all under wraps, but the wraps kept going slack. I keep turning round, I keep coming back.
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Having more exposure is kind of a bittersweet thing for me, honestly, because it's nice to have a little more job security in life now.
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Emptiness has its solace in that there's nothing left to take.
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I know the biggest crime is just to throw up your hands, Say, This has nothing to do with me, I just want to live as comfortably as I can...
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I'm sounding out the silence, avoiding all the words.
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A little bird told me that jumping is easy and the falling is fun, right up until you hit sidewalk shivering and stunned.
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