“Modesty lost its appeal when I decided I no longer wanted to be moderate at anything, but excel exceptionally at everything. I began to see the beauty in my indecency exposed.”— amiiiritafari, amiiiritafari.tumblr.com
“We've been taught having self respect means keeping ourselves covered, not showing too much skin, not too much cleavage... we've been told wearing booty shorts make us cheap and nasty. We've been told we have to act, dress, and do certain things in order to have self respect - but we are not the one…”— hannah-ruth-x, hannah-ruth-x.tumblr.com
“There are sexual things that I do that aren’t for a man. I feel empowered sometimes by being sexy and being comfortable enough to be sexy on camera—a lot of woman struggle with that. But there are some days that I don’t want anyone to see me. I’m just a regular girl. Some days I’m super strong; some…”— Nicki Minaj, vogue.com
“A few months ago I heard Kathleen Cleaver, a former Black Panther, speak at a local museum and as she spewed her feelings about ‘Formation’, calling it pornography, I recall feeling a disappointment so strong it nearly felt like grief. I felt similarly reading bell hooks’ criticisms of Beyoncé. I fe…”— Emerald Shaw, dopenmind.tumblr.com