“I think I've wished to see a gay Christmas rom-com my whole life.”— Kristen Stewart, harpersbazaar.com
“What trans people really need, though, is a sense of a broader history of that representation, so that they can, kind of, find themselves in it.”— Jen Richards, imdb.com
“I think, for a very long time, the ways in which trans people have been represented on-screen have suggested that we're not real, have suggested that we're mentally ill, that we don't exist. And yet, here I am. Yet here we are, and we've always been here.”— Laverne Cox, imdb.com
“A travel-writing utopia would be one that’s full of nuance and expertise, but also more representative of the way we travel: Korean-American writers covering Argentina, Black writers reporting on India, Puerto Rican writers visiting Kenya—because their perspectives will broaden the way we come to vi…”— Sarah Khan, cntraveler.com
“As Valentine’s Day approaches, it’s important to think about whose love stories get told — but these questions also remain year-round. Often, it’s the same homogenous, heterosexual, able-bodied couple popping up on book jackets and receiving film adaptations. Teen boys of color are rarely the heroes…”— Kaitlyn McNab, teenvogue.com
“I'm trying to represent my district, a very diverse district with 20 different ethnicities. And I'm trying to fight on their behalf, trying to make sure that they have a voice here. At the same time, I'm dealing with the biggest bully I've ever had to deal with in my lifetime and trying to push back…”— Ayanna Pressley, cbsnews.com
“Let me put it this way: I think if Arya had a Twitter, she’d be writing things like, 'yeah sex is great but have you ever stabbed a man?'”— Jill Gutowitz, glamour.com
“Images of female pleasure are threatening because of the link between sex and power and the gender binary that defines men as sexual conquerors and women as their prizes.”— Jourdain Searles, bitchmedia.org
“Netflix is trying to throw away its cake and get credit for having baked it.”— James Poniewozik, nytimes.com
“The cult around celebrity relationships may be a wayward religion for many people, but for me, it was just the church I needed.”— Shirley Chan, slate.com
“I am glad that the internet exists for that reason: for visibility and for crushing on people we finally get to know might return the feeling.”— Rhea Butcher, gomag.com
“I want to live in a world where children of color don’t spend their entire adolescence wishing to be white.”— Kelly Marie Tran, nytimes.com
“I laughed at its jokes, I teared up over its grand romantic gestures, and I came out of the theater happy to have seen a movie I liked. Even if it wasn't my absolute favorite of the year. Even if I didn't feel some white-hot rush of recognition.”— Angie Han, mashable.com
“Art’s not supposed to be clever, it’s supposed to be true. True to life.”— Michelle Ashford, Lester Linden, Kevin Christy, imdb.com
“That's where everything started. In those cave paintings there was the creation of the idea of image, of the representation of ourselves.”— Alan Ball, Russell Corwin, Ben Foster, imdb.com
“The thing about hiring non-trans actors to play trans people & non-disabled people to play disabled people is this: Being trans & being disabled aren’t costumes to just take on and off for award seasons. We don’t deserve the insinuation that our lives are a performance & not real.”— Keah Brown, twitter.com
“I think representation is exceedingly important. I think women of colour in the writing world are an absolute need.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“I think little girls of colour need as much representation as they can get, and the more women of colour that exist not just in literature but in the arts world in general, the more chance they have of being represented authentically. I use my voice to give words to the silent. I shout because I HAD…”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“I share certain parts of my life that young girls can relate to because it is important for them to see themselves in women who are placed in positions of power, without having to sacrifice or hide or disguise certain parts of who they are. I think that’s an important message for young girls who are…”— Elaine Welteroth, blog.instagram.com