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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. "
Lauren Mayberry
Once
Strong
Time
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" The depressing reality is that campaigns like the Everyday Sexism Project would not need to exist were casual sexism not so startlingly commonplace. "
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" I've never been able to write narrative as a character, really. Jenny Lewis, I love her stuff, I love that she can weave these American Gothic fairytales. I feel like I sound inauthentic when I do that, so I tend to write from a personal standpoint. "
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" Makeup and clothing and all that should be a fun way to be creative and express yourself. Just like in nature, where birds have all the colors. But instead, it's all focused on the aesthetics of being attractive to men. Even if you really don't think it is that, that's what we're doing. "
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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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" It's nice to squash people's expectations. "
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" Cacie Dalager's voice is beautiful, and her lyrics break my heart. "
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" One guy came to a show and was like, 'You're going to be huge. I can see it in my mind's eye. We could make you the next Pixie Lott.' I did an internal scream and ran away. "
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" Crushes start out as that teenage phenomenon, life-affirming and cute, but as you wander into adulthood, they seem to end up more painful, harrowing, and uncertain, especially if you have just come out of the relationship you thought would finally, maybe, maybe be the one that stuck. "
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" If we just stand at two opposite ends of the spectrum screaming in each other's face, we're never gonna get anything done. I don't agree with a Trump voter, but why do they feel like that? Yes, some of those people are racist and have hateful opinions, but some of those people voted for him because they felt completely left behind. "
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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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" 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 don't have a lot of time for things that are deliberately, achingly cool. "
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" Life's too short to be shoehorned into a box that isn't for you. "
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" There are so many problems with feminism, as women spend a lot of time telling other women what to do, and that distracts from the actual problem. "
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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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