“If you take a diamond that's raw and you put one face to it, it has that one face, and then you've gotta find another face. At the end, you're going to have this diamond that's everything you've done. I feel that's the way you should look at it because that puts you in a constant state of progress.” IfsWayFeelsShouldLooksEndsStatesDoneFacesProgressConstantDiamond Author:Suraj Sharma
“If you go to Europe, public bathrooms have any-gender sink areas and stalls for everyone to use. This is completely reasonable. It potentially involves the destruction of the urinal industry, which I think people would be happy to see go away.” PeopleIfsThinkingUseWould BeIndustryEuropeAreasDestructionGenderReasonableGoing AwayBathroom Author:Jill Soloway
“There are a whole bunch of people - Republicans or sports fans or reality TV fans - who probably would never have recognized that they have trans people in their world. Caitlyn Jenner really is thinking about the movement and saving lives, so I know that her intentions are honorable.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldWholeRealitySportsFansMovementTvsRepublicanIntentionBunchSavingHonorableTransReality TvSave A LifeSports Fan Author:Jill Soloway
“I think kids in general are much more capable of understanding the idea of being transgender than adults.” ThinkingIdeasKidsUnderstandingCapableAdultsTransgender Author:Jill Soloway
“Along the way, female filmmakers will have the feeling that they're not good enough. And that's really just a result of being "otherized" from the moment they're born. Keep an eye out for all those insecurities, and even expect them. Borrow white male privilege and just move through the world as if it was created for you. You have to kind of talk yourself into an imaginary space where the world is on your side and expects you to speak and wants you to speak. You have to create that space for yourself over and over again. Every hour sometimes.” IfsWorldWayWantKindSometimesEnoughMomentsFeelingsEyeMovingSpeakSidesBornHoursSpaceWhiteResultsFemaleMalesPrivilegeFilmmakerInsecurityGood EnoughImaginaryYour SideNot Good EnoughMale Privilege Author:Jill Soloway
“There is always the personal, simple happiness that doesn't happen.” HappensSimpleSimple Happiness Author:Mary Lynn Rajskub
“I'm a rock 'n' roll baby. I was one of the last actually born into rock, in the middle of it. My mother was a promoter, so I grew up with rock stars. When I was little, people like Jimi Hendrix were walking around in the living room.” PeopleLittlesLastsMotherStarsBornRoomsMiddleRocksBabyGrewWalkingGrew UpRock N RollRock StarLiving RoomHendrixPromoters Author:Ari Up
“No one ever sounded like The Slits or looked like them, no matter how many people tried it, or were influenced by it. It's impossible. You can't recreate that. There will never be another Sex Pistols. There will never be another Clash.” PeopleMatterSexImpossibleClashPistolsSlitsSex Pistols Author:Ari Up
“The 1980s were such a shock for me. I was really young, obviously, and The Slits were just mutilated. We were totally sabotaged to such a point that we were put out in exile. So that was the best way for me to spend the '80s: in the jungle, naked. Maybe there are more options now, and there's more girl groups. The only thing good that came out of the '80s was breakdancing.” WayYoungGirlGroupsBest WayNakedShock80sExileJungleSlitsGirl GroupsBreakdancing Author:Ari Up
“Music didn't really hit me again until the '90s, when the dancehall scene got going. The '90s were perfect for me. I would have really liked to have had The Slits out in the '90s again, to do tours and albums, because I think the '90s was a brilliant decade for music.” ThinkingPerfectSceneAlbumsDecadesBrilliantSlitsPerfect For MeDancehall Author:Ari Up