SC: Well even just watching the film and the way you guys are on camera – the essence of your personalities – this sort of staunch refusal to be affected by anything thrown at you. What do you think made you guys so true to yourselves at such a young age? Probably at the toughest age for a kid growing up.
A: Well, there are two main parts to that answer, which is really a very long one. One, our dad is a philosopher. So growing up he taught us little things – he would tell us to ‘zip up’. If we were ever in a difficult or dangerous situation you would have to zip up- and it’s where you take charge, be very confident, look people straight in the eye and just say ‘don’t fuck with me’. So he really ingrained that into us. Also at that age our parents split up, and I guess for most kids that can be quite shocking. So I guess that kind of kicked off, for me anyway, this ‘I don’t care’ attitude, nothing can hurt me.
SC: Yeah, you talk about that in the film. Have you heard from any of the other kids in the film who were trying to torment you guys?
A: Two of them – but one more importantly was somebody that said ‘I saw the video, and I just want you to believe me that I am so sincerely sorry, but I also think that I was a kid at the time and I was figuring things out. But watching it now, if I was more mature at that age I would have been more proud of you guys. I’m sure we would have been friends’. So now it’s kind of like people are saying, I wish I could have been more like you.
SC: Another amazing theme, and another one that’s really relevant right now is your feminism in the film, the zine you produce and the Riot grrrl connection. Did you guys keep with that after we leave you in the film – is that something that is quite integral to your lives now – would you say you are still a feminist?
