You know, either I'm too fat or I'm flavour of the month. I don't feel either, but maybe I'm both, who knows?

The fit is my main focus, I want the fit to be great and that's the focal point for me.

I'm 90% performer, 10% musician. I've always said that Gossip are a band I would go see, not a band I would listen to.

My size has helped make me an amazing performer too. The cliche of the Funny Fat Friend: I absolutely was that character - I am that character... It's a complicated bag of tools I acquired, and I've put them all to work onstage.

I have a lot of feminist idols. My favorite thing about growing up in Arkansas - well, not favorite but something I've always felt grateful for - was that I really had to dig for what I could. There was no Internet. There wasn't tons of feminist literature floating around.

I'm passionate about color. My best friend and I sit and look at Pantone books for fun.

Portland is a place where you can find a community as a feminist, a vegan or a fat activist. Artists, musicians, knitters, and filmmakers can all meet like-minded souls. It's proved the perfect place for me and all my punk friends.