Loads of my friends are lesbians, and it really annoys me that gay people aren't allowed to get married in most parts of America. I'd go on a march for gay rights any time.
Interpretation
The quote expresses frustration over the lack of marriage equality for gay people and a willingness to support their rights.
Pink conveys her strong support for the LGBTQ+ community, highlighting the injustice of denying marriage rights to gay individuals. This frustration is rooted in her personal connections with friends who are affected by such discrimination, emphasizing the importance of equality and acceptance in society.
In practice
Use this quote during a pride event to express solidarity.
I decided at 15 that I didn't want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don't mean. I decided that I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that my songs were going to reflect relationships I've had, things I've been through, and even the stuff I'm embarrassed about.
If God is the DJ, then Life is the dance floor; Love is the rhythm and You are the music.
Pink is what I do. Alecia is who I am. The world has taken Pink and turned it into this thing, a brand - a snarl.
My definition of stupid is wasting your opportunity to be yourself because I think everybody has a uniqueness and everybody's good at something.
I've always loved to prove people wrong. I want to be able to cross color lines, because in music, there really is no barrier.
Women have fought so long and hard for our rights and equality, and now all our attention is put on being a size 0.
For me, living means I can be responsive to the other person. It means I can show my emotions and my feelings. Talk to them. Feel with them.
One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans.
Not afraid of poverty and drabness and who is untouched by it, untouched by the drunkenness of her friends; (she) who judges, selects, discards people with severity, who knows, when she is telling her endless anecdotes, that they are ways of escape, keeping herself all the more secret behind that profuse talk.
Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error.
Vulnerability is based on mutuality and requires boundaries and trust. It's not oversharing, it's not purging, it's not indiscriminate disclosure, and it's not celebrity-style social media information dumps. Vulnerability is about sharing our feelings and our experiences with people who have earned the right to hear them.
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
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