Beth Ditto

I work really well under pressure but I really hate doing things on a timeframe. ”

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. ”

When I moved out of my mom's house at 18 I was almost as sad to leave her sewing machine behind as anything else. ”