“I'm not asking you to be kind to a politician’s body because the politician deserves it, but rather, because everyone else does.”— Chrissy Stockton, harpersbazaar.com
“The message behind loving your body is a well-intended one, but it’s not for everyone.”— De Elizabeth, editsfrommotherhood.com
“Go home, take a paper bag and cut some eyeholes out of it. Put it over your head, get undressed and look at yourself in the mirror. Really evaluate where your strengths and weaknesses are. And be honest.”— Matthew Weiner, Joan Holloway, Christina Hendricks, imdb.com
“I got out of the shower and stopped to look at myself in the mirror. I looked blotchy and messy and not at all like those girls in magazines. But I was still fucking beautiful.”— Amy Schumer, amazon.com
“What makes the issue so slippery is the idea that by defining foods as 'clean' and 'unclean,' righteousness is introduced into the equation, and along with it, the weaponization of 'shameful' habits.”— Deena Drewis, girlboss.com
“There was something very familiar about the idea that I was consumed by fear of never attaining my ideal body, and that scared me.”— Jesa Marie Calaor, allure.com
“From an early age, I understood that the most meaningful validation a straight woman could get was from a man.”— Amy Kaufman, amazon.com
“I have grown to learn that being loved, sexy, adored, and confident in my skin takes work — but not just the kind of work you can do in a gym. Seeing myself through my husband’s eyes made me value myself in new ways.”— Colleen Kelly Alexander, lennyletter.com
“We grew up with the impression that underneath all this normal flesh, buried deep in the excessive recesses of our healthy bodies, there was a Perfect Body just waiting to break out. It would look exactly like everyone else's perfect body.”— Marya Hornbacher, amazon.com
“Just walking around today at the beach helped me realize that it’s not a bikini contest. Every body tells a different story. And it’s awesome that we’re all shaped so differently!”— Cassey Ho, instagram.com
“you are a victim when your mind hates your body but you can be the solution too.”— shelby leigh, nothingwithoutwords.tumblr.com
“Bodies aren’t meant to stay the same. We are supposed to grow and change. We shouldn’t be making people in their 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, etc feel like they need to strive for the bodies they had in their teens and 20’s. Or making people feel like they ‘need to get their bodies back’ after they have had ch…”— unskinny, unskinny.tumblr.com
“We are being manipulated every single day by an industry that rakes in billions while we stand crying over our bathroom scales.”— Megan Jayne Crabbe, amazon.com
“Detoxing is nonsense. It's a complete fallacy that the body needs to detox. Removal of waste products and toxins is a continuous process and we don't need to periodically flush them out. The body does a perfectly good job of eliminating any substances on its own. The entire concept of needing to det…”— Megan Jayne Crabbe, amazon.com
“Hating our bodies is something that we learn, and it sure as hell is something that we can unlearn.”— Megan Jayne Crabbe, amazon.com
“i feel best when i’m not looked at, i wish no one could see me, i wish i didn’t have a body.”— Alyssa Froehling, alienmouth.com
“I objectively know that the concept of physical beauty is deeply flawed in many ways, that it revolves around subjective standards and that it doesn’t have any correlation with anyone’s worth as a person. BUT if I could be generally considered beautiful, I wouldn’t turn my back on that opportunity u…”— imanes, imanes.tumblr.com
“i say yes ‘you were angry about your body’ i am angry about my body i am angry about the money it eats and eats with its bad organs / the body is with organs and i do believe that / the body is also with labor and rarely paid.”— Liz Bowen, dreampoppress.net