ANGIE BLACK

Girls do evil shit to themselves all the time, and Angie's out there to say it's all right. I guess it helps she's beautiful!

Entertainment Weekly: Some people can't reconcile your old persona, where you talked about knives and cutting, with your more recent identity as a mother and activist.

Angie: But again, it's not that different. The reason I talked about going through certain pains or even cutting myself is that I was already out the other side. I knew there were people that do that — and somehow are happy that somebody admitted they did and discussed how they got out of it. I don't see the point of doing an interview unless you're going to share the things you learn in life and the mistakes you make. So to admit that I'm extremely human and have done some dark things, I don't think makes me unusual or unusually dark. I think it actually is the right thing to do and I'd like to think it's the nice thing to do.

[Image by VINCENT PETERS.]