“The next time someone tells you to watch your language, feel free to tell them to fuck off.”— Ephrat Livni, qz.com
“Because as easy as it is to say that any choice that we make as marginalized people is automatically feminist (because look! I’m making a decision for myself in a world that tries to make decisions for me!), the truth is that we don’t make choices in a vacuum. What that means for me is that while I…”— Melissa A. Fabello, everydayfeminism.com
“Experimenting with wearing makeup is often a rite of passage for young girls in our society. However, the concern is how young is too young? Girls who start too young may be hiding more than an acne breakout, they may be demonstrating early signs of self-esteem issues and a negative self-image or se…”— Adrienne Ressler, consumeraffairs.com
“You put on makeup because it's fun, but why is lengthening your eyelashes and painting your lips redder fun, instead of painting your forehead blue and drawing roses on your cheeks? Because that's the beauty standard that the patriarchy has enforced on us... You can still make these choices. We're a…”— calamity, thefinancialdiet.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
“And you know what else? I don’t owe people anything, and I don’t have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to.”— Ned Vizzini, amazon.com
“There seems to be a massive misunderstanding in the world right now about weakness and strength. We've somehow gotten to the point that many think compassion is a sign of weakness, and ruthlessness a sign of strength. It makes me a little bit sick. Compassion is the ultimate expression of strength.…”— Hank Green, facebook.com