As a little girl growing up in a small farming town in Michigan, my idols were women like Marlene Dietrich and Rita Hayworth.

I think as someone who collects beautiful things from the past, the thing that I miss the most about modernism and the things I lament about the past are everyday things that you would use were made more beautifully.

Every one of my products - my lingerie, my perfume, and everything that I do beauty-related with regard to building my burlesque shows - is just me.

I want to remind people of a different kind of glamour, a different look, and breaking the rules of fashion. I wanna break the rules.

Don't overdo it. Don't over-diet, over-exercise, overeat, overdo the makeup, and don't stress out.

No Minnesotan should ever experience preventable health risks from breathing polluted air or from drinking unsafe water.

There is no single cause of homelessness, and vulnerable people, those with mental health problems and addictions for example, need support not punishment.

Whenever I write about mental health and integrative therapies, I am accused of being prejudiced against pharmaceuticals. So let me be clear - integrative medicine is the judicious application of both conventional and evidence-based natural therapies.