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Beth Ditto

When I was a teenager I would lock myself in the bathroom for hours, bouffanting my hair like Patty Duke and trying to recreate Barbra Streisand's flawless eyeliner, only to comb it all out and wash it all off before stepping out into the world a butchish

Beth Ditto

Teen

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Beth Ditto describes how, as a teenager, she spent a lot of time trying to style herself to look like famous women, focusing on perfect hair and makeup. Despite these efforts, she would ultimately remove the look and present herself in a more masculine way when facing the outside world.

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