My number-one theory in life is that style is proportional to your lack of resources - the less you have, the more stylish you're likely to be.

I'm not sure that I am able to feel embarrassment.

I can take care of a house, and some people I meet, I think, 'You don't even know how to make a bed.

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 love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad.

I have been 130 lbs. as well as 215 lbs. I have had blond, strawberry blond, green, pink and purple hair, and none of that has ever exempted me from having lewd comments flung at me in the street.

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.