![Miranda July by RJ Shaughnessy
Dazed & Confused 20 Questions
Dazed & Confused: Can we go back 20 years to when Dazed started out?Miranda July: Oh well, that was the big year for me! The year I did my first play. I also lost my virginity. That was the year it all happened, the year I became an artist! 1991 must have been astrologically important – it wasn’t just me, it was your magazine too. And that was the year I changed my name, I became Miranda July.D&C: Where did the ‘July’ come from?Miranda July: I know – it’s such a teenager’s idea of a good name! It was from my best friend at the time, Johanna Fateman [later co-founder of Le Tigre] she’d written a story about two girls named Ida and July in a zine, and I was July.](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxnxli0XBv1qau774o1_400.jpg)
Miranda July by RJ Shaughnessy
Dazed & Confused: Can we go back 20 years to when Dazed started out?
Miranda July: Oh well, that was the big year for me! The year I did my first play. I also lost my virginity. That was the year it all happened, the year I became an artist! 1991 must have been astrologically important – it wasn’t just me, it was your magazine too. And that was the year I changed my name, I became Miranda July.
D&C: Where did the ‘July’ come from?
Miranda July: I know – it’s such a teenager’s idea of a good name! It was from my best friend at the time, Johanna Fateman [later co-founder of Le Tigre] she’d written a story about two girls named Ida and July in a zine, and I was July.
#Miranda July
