Cyndi Lauper: This much I know

The 59-year-old singer on feminist anthems, gay and transgender homelessness and MadonnaMy mother loved opera. When I was a child she took us to see Medea in Central Park. When Medea kills her kids left right and centre. I thought: "Ma, what are you trying to tell us here?"I survived the abuse I grew up around thanks to my heritage. I come from a line of great Sicilian women, and their mentality is to endure and push through to the other side.My sister and I used to play at mass. I'd be the fai...

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