I think this whole Billy Bush thing just pushed women over the edge because it's so visceral..

If people are like, 'Oh, you're an icon,' then whatever. But who thinks of themselves like that? It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall..

I saw a video on YouTube of a girl who had very similar reactions to late-stage Lyme disease as I did. And I thought it was crazy. And when I saw her….

Internalized sexism that makes us feel like we can't show ourselves not being perfect..

My vision of punk rock was these dudes who were spitting on the audience and moshing. That's why I kind of left that scene. Then I see all these peop….

I stood in the bay window at our house and I sang Away In A Manger. It was my first time on stage, but there was nobody watching. I just remember it ….

Sexism and racism and homophobia and classism are so naturalized. All these stereotypes make people think it's just normal that straight white men ar….

I was never trying to be the voice for anybody else. I was just trying to sing about what I was going through, and was singing about those things spe….

I think music can definitely be art; I also think music can be crap and not be art..

I didn't even know what the word lesbian meant until I was called one... and then I had to look it up in the dictionary..

I talked a lot early on in my career about intersectionality and how racism and classism and sexism and homophobia and capitalism are all connected w….

I always tell girls who say they want to start a band but don't have any talent, well, neither do I. I mean, I can carry a tune, but anyone who picks….

Feminism is something you do. It's a verb. It's what you are. It's an activity; it's something you're actively engaged in..

Clearly, gay marriage is on the top of the agenda right now. It's pretty amazing, considering where stuff was at when I was in high-school, when ther….

Johnny Rotten isn't punk. Maybe that's punk to somebody, but these people are participating and challenging the corporations that are telling us what….

I feel like there's this weird thing that as a feminist band you get put in this role as ambassadors..

I never thought that someone would be teaching one of my fanzines. I never thought I'd be off to lecture at a college. It's still shocking to me..

I got hit up for a tampon commercial and so I asked [JD and Jo] if they had anything. Jo sent that over and I was like, "I love this track. Oh my god….

I like loud snare, and I like really treble-y guitars, and that's just never going to change..

As I've gotten older, I've realized that things are a lot more permeable. It's not so black and white: not every journalist is a jerk..

I think that it's so powerful for me to go see someone like Bridget Everett at Joe's Pub and watch her weave her songs in and out of these funny, tra….