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Beth Ditto is the vocalist of American band The Gossip. She is from Arkansas.
Ditto came to wider public attention in November 2006 when she was selected by NME as the coolest person in rock - placing at number one in the magazine's annual Cool List. The magazine cited her 'non-conformity' as the reason for her selection - she is a lesbian, an outspoken advocate of gay rights, and a punk, and is clinically obese, weighing around 15 stone (210 pounds).
The band's breakthrough song Standing in the Way of Control was written by Ditto as a response to her government’s decision to deny gays the right to marriage in the US. “Nobody in the States was that surprised or shocked by what Bush did, but it made everyone I know feel helpless and cheated,” Beth says. “I wrote the chorus to try and encourage people not to give up. It’s a scary time for civil rights, but I really believe the only way to survive is to stick together and keep fighting.”
Trivia
- As a child, Ditto ate squirrels when hungry. Ditto recalls, "My mom hated us doing it, but all the kids we knew ate squirrels."
References
- http://gossipyouth.net/bio/
- http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/11/why_beth_ditto_is_the_coolest.html
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2464811,00.html
- http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/dittos%20squirrel%20snacking%20childhood_1014459
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