In an interview with Stellar, Jamil explained that while “that’s how I feel”, the title isn’t as deep as you may think at first glance.
“My dog was sent to training school … and the report card came back saying he’s very smart, but he has a ‘low desire to please,” the 39-year-old says, speaking from her home in Los Angeles.
“And I thought, god, that really is my child that came out of my vagina. That’s my boy! It really resonated with me, and I thought, that’s how I feel.
“I think that’s where I’m at in life. The older I get, the lower that desire becomes, and I have a very high desire to please myself.”
The 39-year-old is known for her frank commentary on the issues and pressures that modern-day women are faced with every day. From sexism and mental health, to eating disorders and women’s rights.
She describes herself “as a menace to society,”
“I started [writing] to get women talking about it – the pressure, the fallacy, and the fact that deep down, we are all f***ing exhausted, and done. We’re tried of it. This life is for us as well, it’s not to please and placate men.
“The way that women are treated is a scam. All the things we’re told, all the hoops we jump through don’t lead anywhere, they just lead to your own misery – and you spending money, being in pain, suffering and missing out on your life.
“That makes you feel quite rebellious. Your world becomes smaller, you start to find the people that actually matter. You hopefully, by this age, like yourself and also you realise as you get older, you don’t like very many people either.
“So why should they all have to like you? I don’t enjoy most people so why … should I expect them to enjoy me?”