My Number-one Theory In Life Is That

I Shave My Body In All Kinds Of Ways, Wear Tons Of Eyeliner And Dye My Hair Pink.

To Be Thin And To Stay Really Thin, Sometimes Some People Literally Do Coke All The Time. Some People Smoke Cigarettes Instead Of Eating. That's Crazy. But That's 'okay' Because You Look Healthier.

Reclaiming The Word Fat Was The Most Empowering Step In My Progress. I Stopped Using It For Insult Or Degradation And Instead Replaced It With Truth, Because The Truth Is That I Am Fat, And That's Ok. So Now When Someone Calls Me Fat, I Agree, Whereas Before I Would Get Embarrassed And Emotional.

I Never Went To College And I Was Raised In Arkansas So There Wasn't A Lot Of Academic Language Being Thrown Around My House. We Weren't Idiots, But I Didn't Have That Access To Academic Feminism. I Had To Realize, On My Own, That Feminism Is Not Just About How Far Ahead You Can Get In A Job And It Isn't About Not Wearing Makeup. It Isn't About Not Watching Your Waistline. I Had To Recreate The World Entirely.

I Don't Feel Famous And I Didn't Want My Autobiography To Be Like A Paris Hilton Story.