“Mothers don't realize, but when they put their sons and boys (even when they have grown into men) ahead of their daughters, they are leaving the most painful heartbreaking legacy: that we are inferior. That we do not deserve love as easily, and must work for it with all our blood and sweat, tears an…”— Monique Wilson, facebook.com
“Eventually the young woman realizes how often it is in her self-interest to make herself desirable. She learns how to arrange herself to generate a kind of reaction. As children learn behaviors by example, so does she learn sexy from the mirror. Media provides the perfect surface (charmed, shiny, sl…”— Larissa Pham, camgirlproject.tumblr.com
“‘Nature is woman’s best friend,’ she often said. ‘If you’re having troubles, you just swim in the water, stretch out in a field, or look up at the stars. That’s how a woman cures her fears.’”— Fatema Mernissi, amazon.com
“Personally, I thank Good Girls Gone Bad [music artists] for giving me the blueprint for ignoring those around me who felt the need to tell me who I was. There will always be detractors, and someone will always think you are ‘faking it,’ but none of that matters if you know that this new and ever-cha…”— Michelle Ofiwe, rookiemag.com
“The truth is this: No one stays the same forever. Girls grow up, and sometimes we do it with a bang. We can learn something from the Good Girls Gone Bad of every decade: how to claim yourself, how to rewrite your narrative, that it’s never too late to change.”— Michelle Ofiwe, rookiemag.com
“I’ve seen many ‘good girls go bad,’ but I specifically remember when Rihanna named her fourth album after the trope, effectively putting the industry on notice: We were about to encounter an entirely new woman... Being a young woman is complex. We’re told, in some capacity, that our silence protects…”— Michelle Ofiwe, rookiemag.com
“small boob privilege is so real like…. bralettes… underboob tattoos… going braless?? not looking hyper sexual at all times ???? running comfortably? i could go on”— averagefairy, averagefairy.tumblr.com
“If you're comfortable with yourself—which everyone can get to, to some extent—that's when you start getting into who is your real self.”— Shirley MacLaine, newindianexpress.com
“Being single used to mean that nobody wanted you. Now it means you’re pretty sexy and you’re taking your time deciding how you want your life to be and who you want to spend it with.”— Carrie Bradshaw, amazon.com
“It’s fun to go out at night and not know what’s going to happen.”— Elisabeth Moss, huffingtonpost.com
“Cinderella never asked for a prince. She asked for a night off and a dress.”— Kiera Cass, comic-con.org
“I'm going to hang out with people, and I'm going to explore myself, and I'm okay with that.”— Selena Gomez, people.com
“It’s when you’re not looking for anything that something winds up coming along. It’s about learning how to be just with yourself and that you don’t need to be in a relationship. You don’t need anyone around to fulfill you.”— Hayden Panettiere, huffingtonpost.com
“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”— Amy Bloom, amazon.com
“Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat.”— Warsan Shire, genius.com
“It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit.”— Eartha Kitt, amazon.com