“'Cause I'm the one with the fat ass and big titties. So I get to decide what we do.”— Lindy West, Aidy Bryant, Annie, Aidy Bryant, imdb.com
“What none of this addresses, of course, is why someone might hate their body. There is no inherent unhappiness to womanhood, or to fatness, or to blackness, or to anything else that American beauty standards have long treated as a problem. The conditions under which we loathe ourselves are socially…”— Amanda Mull, racked.com
“These companies, with all their resources and reach and ability to manipulate public opinion, have done something they do frequently: They’ve conflated identifying a problem with solving it, and if we let ourselves be convinced these issues are headed in the right direction and our problems really a…”— Amanda Mull, racked.com
“And if I say my body is its own crumbling country, if I say I am always my own home—then what does that make me?”— Erika L. Sánchez, 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
“fat chins are perfect. fat necks are great. fat cheeks are cute. fat faces are perfect, beautiful, adorable, handsome, etc. and if you have a pudgy face i hope you know you look great and i love u.”— fatsuggestion, fatsuggestion.tumblr.com
“If tomorrow women in the west woke up and decided they really like their bodies just think how many industries would go out of business - the cosmetic industry, the clothing industry, the diet industry, the gym industry - and then think of all the allied industries that support those industries. So…”— Gail Dines, youtube.com
“Imagine if you had never in your life ever seen an image of a woman in a magazine. Imagine how differently you would feel about your body. My assumption is you would feel very different. So think about what has been ripped away from us now this is what surrounds us, this image of a body that none of…”— Gail Dines, youtube.com
“fat women aren’t appreciated the same when they have small asses and weird curves. it’s always women who are easily attractive and don’t have to do much. when you say you love fat women, that means that the fat women that look like me should also be accepted.”— luhshawnay, luhshawnay.tumblr.com
“Everybody has a part of her body that she doesn't like, but I've stopped complaining about mine because I don't want to critique nature's handiwork.”— Alfre Woodard, oprah.com
“How beautiful would it be if we could just see souls instead of bodies? To see love and compassion instead of curves.”— Karen Quan, amazon.com
“It had nothing to do with hating my body, I just love it enough to let it go, I treat it like a house, and when your house is falling apart, you do not evacuate, you make it comfortable enough to house all your insides, you make it pretty enough to invite guests over, you make the floorboards strong…”— Lee Mokobe, ted.com
“My hope is that you can seek a body presentation that supports your life and creates a sense of overall well-being. You deserve to feel self-love and to feel safe and at home in the body that you inhabit.”— Dr. Melody Moore, nationaleatingdisorders.org
“Nudity empowers some. Modesty empowers some. Different things empower different women and its not your place to tell her which one it is”— kennabbby, twitter.com
“I know my curves are sexy and I want everyone else to know that theirs are too. There is no reason to hide and every reason to flaunt.”— Ashley Graham, crispytexts.com
“I don’t like to use the words ‘real women,’ honestly. I like to use the word woman. And I say that because there are so many women out there who are naturally thin, or are naturally curvy, and I think when we start putting a label on the type of woman it gets misconstrued and starts to offend people…”— Ashley Graham, crispytexts.com
“I want to walk into the homes of young women who are slitting their wrists, who are throwing up, who are anorexic, and I’m letting them know, you don’t have to do this. You are brilliant. I’ve been in your shoes. Don’t let society take over your confidence.”— Ashley Graham, crispytexts.com
“My body, like my confidence, has been picked apart, manipulated, and controlled by others who didn't necessarily understand it. Once I reclaimed ownership over my body, I discovered a greater purpose as a woman.”— Ashley Graham, more.com
“Your body is awesome. Curvy, big boobs, small ones, thin, athletic, voluptuous, J-Lo booty or no booty at all — what you got is workin’ for YOU. Don’t let anyone tell you differently.”— Lindsay Tigar, yourtango.com