High School Wasn't So Bad Though Because,

Someone Told Me Once That Lucinda Williams Takes Six Years Between Albums, And That's What Stuck To Me; It's Like, You Really Are A Factory. You Don't Do Things To Make Them, On Your Own Time.

I Want To Make The Ikea Of Clothes For Fat Girls And Boys. Cheap, Affordable, Basic - But Ethically Made. Basics, You Know? Like Spanx - I'm Still Confused As To Why Retailers Haven't Ripped Them Off Yet And Done It Well. It's Because They Don't Understand The Basics Behind It. I Love Spanx. I'm Wearing 'em Right Now!

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.

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.

My Mother Told Me Homer Ditto Was Not My Father. Nope. Mom Had Had A Fling With Some Other Guy Who Was My Dad. Some Dude Who Didn't Stick Around Too Long Who Mom Was Happy To Get Rid Of. She Chose Homer, And Homer Chose Me, So He Lent Me His Name Even Though I Didn't Have His Blood.