To me, it is not necessarily you responding that trolls want: they want to scare, they want to intimidate, and they want to silence people – so ignoring it doesn’t make a difference. Lauren Mayberry Read Quote
We all like to believe we are completely self-sufficient, but at the end of it all, we’re all searching for a human connection, something to make it all feel a bit more worthwhile. Lauren Mayberry Read Quote
Crushes start out as that teenage phenomenon, life-affirming and cute, but as you wander into adulthood, they seem to end up more painful, harrowing, and uncertain, especially if you have just come out of the relationship you thought would finally, maybe, maybe be the one that stuck. Lauren Mayberry Read Quote
I had somebody say to me once, ‘You can’t make the kind of music you’re making and call yourself a feminist.’ The door was slammed on them swiftly after that. Lauren Mayberry Read Quote
I speak a little bit of French and German, but apparently, I’m really bad at Dutch. The pronunciations are quite hard. I tried to say ‘hello’ in Dutch, and it did not work. People were just like, ‘What?’ Lauren Mayberry Read Quote
Is the casual objectification of women so commonplace that we should all just suck it up, roll over, and accept defeat? I hope not. Lauren Mayberry Read Quote
If you give me half an hour on the Internet, I can hate myself completely by the end of that 30 minutes. Lauren Mayberry Read Quote
I’m conscious of what bands we tour with and what companies I want to be associated with, even in the small things: if I’m going to buy stage makeup, I want to get it from companies run by women. Those are little changes that will make a difference. Lauren Mayberry Read Quote
