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Why wear pants when you can wear a muumuu?

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Beth Ditto
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: February 19
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Singer-Songwriter
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Searcy
Arkansas
Mary Beth Patterson
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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.
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Reclaiming the word fat was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional.
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I find inspiration everywhere. I love challenges and my favorite thing is to find something ridiculous and be like if it's all that I have available to me, I am gonna make it look the best that I can.
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We have to stop this idea that we have to be a certain shape.
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I love to make people feel like they are taking a part in their own body and evolution.
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As with most phobias, the fear of flying does make some sense, but if ever there was a fear worth quashing then this is it. After all, life is short, and there's a great big world to explore out there.
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We all seek approval, and our mother's seal is usually the most important. The nitty gritty is that we have to accept ourselves, even if it is just to be ready for the next cut-down. Mom's blessing or not.
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There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.
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I always was really confident about myself, about my voice, myself as a person, my body, all of those things, but as a songwriter - I just didn't identify as a songwriter at all.
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The fit is my main focus, I want the fit to be great and that's the focal point for me.
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A beautiful plant is like having a friend around the house.
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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.
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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.
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I know what I want! And I just go for it.
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I'm not sure that I am able to feel embarrassment.
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Instagram is a Roman arena of insults. Everyone is a lion, but it is fun.
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I have a very good relationship with myself. My favourite quote is, What you think about me is none of my business.
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I believe I owe all the best parts of my adulthood to embracing my imperfections and showcasing them.
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I'm a great believer in karma and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately mean is generally enough for me.
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When you get a certain amount of media attention, I think people are like, Where's your other album?
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