At least a third of a woman's life is marked with aging; about a third of her body is made of fat. Both symbols are being transformed into operable condition

We as women are trained to see ourselves as cheap imitations of fashion photographs, rather than seeing fashion photographs as cheap imitations of women

A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem.

A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.

The woman wins who calls herself beautiful, and challenges the world to change to fit her vision.

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Culture stereotypes women to fit the myth by flattening the feminine into beauty-without-intelligence or intelligence-without-beauty; women are allowed a mind or a body but not both.

Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so.

Spokespeople sell women the Iron Maiden and name her "Health": if public discourse were really concerned with women's health, it would turn angrily upon this aspect of the beauty myth.

Only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth, and that is not speaking.

Cosmetic surgery processes the bodies of woman-made women, who make up the vast majority of its patient pool, into man-made women.

I didn't want to do it, ' Kiala said. 'The universe just kind of conspired to force me to make a fool of myself. It does that quite a lot, actually.

Don't mind what people say about youthe most important thing is what you believe you are.

I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.

I believe you can take all experiences and use them as knowledge and fuel to be a better person.

In no obvious sense was the American Revolution undertaken as a social revolution.

He who learns and runs away, lives to learn another day.

Documentaries were necessary for my growth as a person. I grew up very sheltered and it was a form of expressing myself.

I have always said I am a five-dimensional fighter.

My biggest vulnerability now is my son, Hudson. I am often plagued with fear: Is he ok? Is he safe? I'm in the process of trying to work through this fear. It's a hard one.

I have a high regard for Native languages and the pivotal role they have played in our nation's history