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I Don't Know My Biological Father. That Could Have Had A Huge Impact On My Life Had It Not Been For The Fact That My Dad Married My Mom When I Was One And Raised Me As His Own.

Whenever We Do Voter Registration, We Ask, 'why Haven't You Voted Before?' The Response Is Often, 'no One's Asked Us.' It's Not About Telling People What To Do - It's About Sharing What They Can Do.

It's A Form Of Violence, In The Way That We Look At Women And How We Expect Them To Look And Be - For What Sake? Not Health, Not Survival, No Enjoyment Of Life But Just So You Could Look Pretty. I'm Constantly Telling Girls All The Time, 'everything's Airbrushed, Everything's Retouched. None Of Us Look Like That.

I Grew Up A Squatter On The Lower East Side, So It's Kind Of A Given That I'd Have Very Strong Opinions On Everything From Cyclical Violence To Teenage Pregnancy To Environmental Justice.

You Really Can't Just Take Someone Who's Got A Drug Addiction And Just Put 'em In Rehab. It Doesn't Work That Way. You Can't Choose It For Them. They Have To Choose It For Themselves - Because That's Scary. It's Really Hard.