Bette Midler: ” … I say girl because I love to annoy people. I love the word Girl. Gal is pretty great, too. I hate that whole ‘Don’t call us girls anymore’ thing. You know what? Call me anything. Call me sweetheart. no, actually, I hate that–it’s patronizing. But I don’t just want to be called a woman. It sounds like someone with a mustache.
