It’s now taken for granted that women are in bands and you can say feminist things in your songs. But back in the early ’90s, there was a lot of violence at Bikini Kill shows that people don’t realize happened.
Trying to conceal the fact that I was a gay, effeminate, hyperactive, adopted child with a serious lisp in southern Louisiana would have been like trying to hide Dolly Parton in a string bikini!
I was shooting a bikini promotion in Mahe in the Seychelles in 1980 when there was a military coup and I, along with a roomful of other people, ended up being kidnapped and held hostage at gunpoint in a windowless room with no ventilation for 36 hours.
By doing a masala film or wearing a bikini, I am not trying to change my image.
In the days before I had kids I used to take six books with me for a fortnight’s holiday. My suitcase used to be full of big trashy novels, maybe a bikini and some flip-flops. It was all I needed.
We were so fed up with how we had to be the stereotypical girl who looks perfect in the music video: she’s coming out of the water in a bikini with her long tan legs. Not all of us are that girl.
When I’m in a bikini or at a photo shoot, I’m real confident. But, if I’m in a group of people I don’t know, I’m really quiet.
I wouldn’t want to be filmed in a bikini for 24 hours a day.
There’s nothing wrong in sporting a bikini. If the director wants to shoot you in a pool, you cannot be wearing denims or a saree – you need to be dressed accordingly to the situation.
I don’t mind a bikini bottom.
There is a lot to say about what Bikini Kill and other ‘riot grrrl’ bands were able to achieve when they first set out. They were not some momentary, convulsive, creative spasm of independent music. There was a very real, relevant point of view being expressed.
I was waiting for all other actresses to wear a bikini first so I can just follow the bandwagon.
I’m such a bikini girl. Generally, I like to be as half-naked as I possibly can.
Fitness, for me doesn’t mean a bikini body or a size zero. I just strive to be and feel healthy.
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