“When you raise women to believe that we are insignificant, that we are broken, that we are sick, that the only cure is starvation and restraint and smallness; when you pit women against one another, keep us shackled by shame and hunger, obsessing over our flaws, rather than our power and potential;…”— Lindy West, theguardian.comTagged: Body Image, Misogyny, Internalized Misogyny, Consumerism, Beauty Industry
“The ‘perfect body’ is a lie. I believed in it for a long time, and I let it shape my life, and shrink it – my real life, populated by my real body. Don’t let fiction tell you what to do. In the omnidirectional orgy gardens of Vlaxnoid, no one cares about your arm flab.”— Lindy West, theguardian.comTagged: Body Image, Consumerism, Beauty Industry, Dieting, thin