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There is something very easy about women's friendships that you don't see as often with men. We all know examples of this, when women will just call each other up or drop a line, not with anything specific to say. ”
There are a lot of things that fit on a bumper sticker in terms of either liberty or equality or progress that when made more concrete just don't pan out. ”
I stand not just for a disability, but I stand for women and women's rights. ”
This is what's hard: I know I'm legally a man, but I'm also male-minded, despite having the female appearance. ”
There's this ridiculous idea that I'm a gender traitor because I'm not a feminist. I'm supposed to be part of a sisterhood: you're automatically supposed to support all women just because you have the same genitals as them, which doesn't make sense. ”
I never want to be the woman that's telling other women what to do. ”
Every conversation we have as a band is about gender in some way, and it's been like that from the beginning. ”
I discovered the idea of feminism when I watched the film '10 Things I Hate About You.' It's a classic. ”
We've done a couple of women's mags, but we tend to talk about feminism and women in the industry, which I feel more comfortable talking about. It's a more valuable discussion than, 'Oh, you're a girl in a band. What hair conditioner do you use?' I use hair conditioner, and I like talking about it. But I don't want that to be the question. ”
I identify as a feminist but subscribe to the pretty basic definition of a feminist as 'someone who seeks equality between the sexes.' ”