• Copacabana Club Interview: SXSW 2010

  Spinner.com - Found Mar. 13, 2010 But sometimes the song asks for something more screamy like LeTigre , Karen O or Beth Ditto . Rafael: I believe everything we hear ends...

• Amy Winehouse Designs Collection for Fred Perry

  Spinner.com - Found Mar. 11, 2010 Gossip 's Beth Ditto has worked with plus-sized women's wear chain Evans.

• Hot Links

  Hollywood Rag - Celebrity Ragazine - Found Mar. 9, 2010 City Rag Taylor Momsen Is So Hardcore: ?I?m not Paris Hilton, I don?t care? - Celebitchy Beth Ditto Is Scaring Me - PopBytes Big...

• Stella McCartney Reveals Latest Collection

  MaleFirst Mens Magazine - Found Mar. 9, 2010 ... of the show - which was also watched by Gwyneth Paltrow US Vogue editor Anna Wintour, Thandie Newton and Beth Ditto - greeted fans and was met... Celebs hit Stella McCartney's Paris Fashion Week show - In Style UK Family and celeb friends support Stella at her Paris show - Hello! Sir Paul Mccartney - Stella Mccartney Reveals Latest Collection - Contactmusic Sir Paul Proud Of Designer Daughter - Sky News Explore All

  MaleFirst Mens Magazine

• Simian Mobile Disco's 2010 schedule includes a residency at FIXED in ...

  brooklynvegan - Found Mar. 8, 2010 Full list below. The video for their song "Cruel intentions," which features Beth Ditto on vocals, is below.

• Beauty is going back to basics

  Times Online - Found Mar. 6, 2010 Curves are back on the catwalk (Beth Ditto is almost as likely to be a cover girl these days as Kate Moss);

• Gig review: Beth Ditto a big hit in Adelaide

  Adelaide Now - Found Feb. 22, 2010 Beth Ditto from Gossip rocks the Good Vibrations stage. Picture: JJ Sassine Source: news.com.au GOSSIP frontwoman Beth Ditto has a stage presence...

• Beth Ditto always wanted to be a ?hippie?.

  The Bosh - Found Jan. 26, 2010 Beth Ditto always wanted to be a ?hippie?. Beth Ditto always wanted to be a ?hippie?.

• Power ballad fan Beth Ditto

  Fametastic - Found Jan. 26, 2010 Beth Ditto loves 80s power ballads. The ?Standing In The Way of Control? singer admits she loves cheesy songs because they are a ?no-no?.

• Hippie wannabe Beth Ditto

  Fametastic - Found Jan. 25, 2010 Beth Ditto always wanted to be a ?hippie?.

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Beth Ditto
Beth Ditto performing with The Gossip at Shepherds Bush Empire in London, March 21, 2008
Background information
Born	February 19, 1981 (1981-02-19) (age 29)
Origin	Searcy, Arkansas, United States of America
Genres	Indie rock Dance-punk Queercore Punk blues Garage rock
Instruments	Vocals
Associated acts	Gossip

Mary Beth Patterson, known by her stage name Beth Ditto (born February 19, 1981, in Searcy, Arkansas), is an American singer-songwriter, most famous for her work with the indie rock band Gossip.¹

Personal life

Ditto on the premiere cover of London's Love Magazine. She has been an outspoken advocate for large women being body-positive and has been regularly photographed as an editorial model.

Ditto, who is lesbian, is well known for her outspoken support of both LGBT and feminist causes.² She is a close friend of Scissor Sisters lead singer Ana Matronic, and considers her favorite song to be "Oh Bondage, Up Yours" by X-Ray Spex. She courted mild controversy in 2006 when, during an interview for NME magazine, she claimed to have eaten squirrels as a child, saying that "people in Arkansas just do – they'd think you were a freak if you ate squid there!"³

Ditto is known for her noticeable stage dances and her unique and revealing image. She classes herself as a punk, and thus does not wear deodorant or shave under her armpits, having once remarked that "I think punks usually smell".⁴ She has been lauded for her support of positive body image,⁵ despite comments from doctors that she may be causing harm to public health by normalising obesity.⁶ She also formerly contributed an advice column on body image to The Guardian newspaper.⁷

In February 2009, she was featured in London as the cover model for the premiere of Love magazine with prominent public advertising.⁸ On July 9, 2009, Beth's fashion collection for the UK retailer Evans will start being sold online in select stores across the UK.⁹

Awards and nominations

2006 – NME – Coolest Person In Rock – Won

2007 – NME Awards – Sexiest Woman Of The Year – Nominated

2008 – Glamour Awards – International Artist Of The Year – Won

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Beth Ditto

• The Gossip website
• BBC report of NME cool list
• Subculture Magazine Interview