When I Was A Kid Ellen Degeneres

As A Kid, I Was Always Mad - Just Noticing The Women At Thanksgiving, Running Around The Kitchen, While The Men Were Watching Football. For One, I Don't Want To Cook, And For Two, I Hate Football. I Was Stuck In The Middle.

We Were A Small Group Of Weirdos And Baby Punks And Gays And Free Spirits Who Had To Use Our Imaginations A Lot. We Only Saw Pictures And Read Zines, So We Could Only Interpret The Aesthetic And Message Of Punk Scenes Around The World. We Were Basically The Duck-billed Platypuses Of Punk.

Granny Ditto Always Referred To Perfume As "smell Good" And For Me It's An Essential. I Have A Sweetheart Who's Extremely Allergic To Most Scents, So I Have To Be Extra Careful - As Well As Creative - In The Smell Department. The Key, I've Found, Are Essential Oils, Which Come In All Kinds Of 100% Natural Scents.

We Had So Many Milestones In America. We Were On Our Way To Universal Healthcare. We Had Gay Marriage. We Were Talking About Gender Fluidity And Trans Issues Openly And Discussing Them With Respect. It Was Almost To The Point Where Educating People About Transgender Rights Wasn't An Issue. We Were Including Trans People As A Normal Part Of Our Conversations Instead Of Seeing Their Presence As This Shocking Thing To The System. We Forgot That Those Things Can Be Taken Away From You Because There Are People In The World That, For Whatever F - King Reason, Can't Live And Let Live.

There Is No Shame Like Poor Shame. It Can Make You Warm And Charming, Bitter And Resentful, All At Once.