"I really lucked out with that song ["As Cool As I Am"]. Men were becoming much more comfortable with all the different facets and parts of their identity, including their gentler, funnier, sillier, nurturing parts. They started showing up. There was so much exploration of gender at that time. Women were showing up with the range of ways of being female in the world and men were showing up with the range of being male in the world."

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Source: Dar Williams returns to Mortal City. Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. November 3, 2016.

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Dar Williams

Singer-songwriter

Dar Williams is a singer-songwriter known for her insightful lyrics that explore themes of love, identity, and social issues, particularly in her album 'The Green World'.

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