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" Margaret Thatcher was a lady. I suppose she was a woman in a man's world, but that's about the only nice thing I have to say. "

Lauren Mayberry

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" We went from playing small clubs to quite big stages quite quickly, and a lot of the time, I felt like I was trying to catch up with myself. Figuring out how to take up space was an interesting journey. "

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" Seeing people communicate about the band online has been amazing, but I think a lot of people spend a lot of time talking about what they hate rather than what they love. I don't want to get trapped in that. "

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" We were overwhelmed by how much the first album connected with people, but I wouldn't put us in the 'pop star' realm. "

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" People have said it's hypocritical for me to call myself a feminist and make the kind of music we are making, because we signed to a major in the U.K., and that system objectifies women. Or people have complained that I don't dance. But I like the idea that I can stomp around the stage if I want. "

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" I did my dissertation on the idea of femininity and women's writing, so I spent eight months reading about how women are portrayed in the media in terms of images and tone of voice and what words are used. "

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" It only takes two seconds of your life to say, 'I don't agree with white supremacy. I don't agree with homophobia.' "

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" I would rather write something that's authentic to me than something that'll be likely to get played on the radio but doesn't have any substance to it. People can see through that really quickly. "

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" I find it quite boring when you're listening to radio, and it's the same kind of voice that's on every song on the radio. You can't really tell a lot about that singer as a storyteller and about the singer from what they're singing. "

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" I discovered the idea of feminism when I watched the film '10 Things I Hate About You.' It's a classic. "

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" I guess I'm fortunate in that two things I always wanted to do, since I was 16, were play music and get into news media. I'm very lucky to have two things that can engage my brain at once. "

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" Just because I front the band or we play bigger stages now, it doesn't mean we somehow suddenly changed the way we approach things. We all still view what we do as indie and alternative in terms of how we execute it, even if the actual music we make is more pop than our previous projects. "

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" I've come to terms with the fact that standing and screaming in someone's face about how wrong they are is never gonna make anyone change. "

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" To me, it is not necessarily you responding that trolls want: they want to scare, they want to intimidate, and they want to silence people - so ignoring it doesn't make a difference. "

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" The bands that we've found we have something in common with are bands like The National or Tegan And Sara, and I feel like that's because all three of us come from more alternative rock backgrounds. "

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" We were quickly labeled as an outspoken feminist band, which I'm totally fine with. "

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" I don't have a lot of time for things that are deliberately, achingly cool. "

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" I'm conscious of what bands we tour with and what companies I want to be associated with, even in the small things: if I'm going to buy stage makeup, I want to get it from companies run by women. Those are little changes that will make a difference. "

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" A relationship can be deeply damaging without anyone leaving marks on you. So many people - especially young women - end up trying to maintain those emotionally abusive relationships because we don't think it's that bad and that we are really some of the lucky ones because we haven't experienced 'real' abuse. "

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" Ultimately, what we're striving for is people being allowed to do what they want and not feeling they should or shouldn't do certain things. "

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" It's nice to squash people's expectations. "

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" Making sure that we interact with the fanbase in a way that feels right to us has been really important. "

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" I don't want to write the same song over and over again. "

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" Pretty much everybody we know in Glasgow who's in a band has another job. All of us have worked in bars, cafes, or cinemas. It means you can afford to do the thing you love. "

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" We're a band that's never been okay with the status quo. In a way, it's allowed us to be more open and confrontational in our music. "

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" When I'm writing, it's because I'm trying to figure something out for myself. If I don't believe in what I've written, then how can I expect anyone else to believe in that, either? "

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" I don't want to be the front for somebody else's creativity and sell that day in, day out. "

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" We should all be able to have faith that our governments are working in our best interests - and if they aren't, then they should be challenged and held to account. "

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" I wouldn't want to do a solo project. "

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" Nobody is strong 100 percent of the time or falling apart 100 percent of the time; sometimes you're doing both at once. "

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