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.
I feel sorry... for people who've had skinny privilege and then have it taken...
As a kid I was always mad - just noticing the women at Thanksgiving running...
When I was a teenager I would lock myself in the bathroom for hours...
I've never had a very quiet voice. I tried in choir to make it smaller and...
It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there like 'Hey how do...
I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy...
Starting out really punk came from not knowing any better and listening to...
For me the greatest revenge of all is having a happy adulthood waking up in...
I've had people ask me in interviews what it's like to have money but that's...
'Get a Job' is about all the rich kids we knew when we were younger kids who...
I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth...
The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly...
It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and...
Every night I go over what I did in the day in ethical or moral terms. Have...
My truth - what I believe - is that there are no answers here and if you are...
People talk about 'getting rid of the old image' and I guess there's some...
Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a...
The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.