Like many teens, I struggled with my body and looks, but my despair was amplified by the expectations of cisnormativity and the… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“[A Letter to the Culture that Raised Me] I'm not here to be on display. And my body is not for public… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
I'm not here to be on display. And my body is not for public consumption. I will not be reduced to an… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
We have spent so many years looking at images of another beauty ideal and so many years taking in magazine covers and… — Philomena Kwao Copy Share Image
I thought to be feminine was to give in to straight culture, or the beauty standard, but in my heart I had… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
The parts that I get to play are not based around the European beauty standards: They're more about character, and I love… — Keala Settle Copy Share Image
“Feeling comfortable in my body isn't entirely about beauty standards. It is not entirely about ideals. It's about how I feel in… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“Widen your vision of what beauty is. Realize and keep close the fact that a beauty standard has been created by the… — Lindsey Gates Markel Copy Share Image
It's funny, our beauty standard has become harder and tougher because we live in a tough age. I don't think anyone wants… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
The plus-size revolution that has been happening lately is incredible but it's also creating this "other" beauty standard in which you have… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
I listened to this book, 'The Beauty Myth,' about how beauty standards are messing with women in Western society, and I was… — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
As I've grown older, I've just been able to appreciate more of those beauty standards in Latin America. — Rachel Zegler Copy Share Image
I can do both of the things I love, which is raise awareness for TSS and work as a model to help… — Lauren Wasser Copy Share Image
By today's beauty standards, of course, Marilyn Monroe was an oil tanker. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“It’s all society is, the repressed sex drives of men, the objectification of women, their paranoia, the posturing, the macho stances, the… — Trevor D. Richardson Copy Share Image
I didn't stop hating my body because my body changed; I stopped hating my body because my mind changed. I realized that… — Lindy West Copy Share Image
The beauty standards had nothing to do with me in Mexico. It was such a bizarre, dire time for my hair. I… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I kind of had a hard time growing up because I was such a people pleaser; I was so desperate to be… — Jenna Ortega Copy Share Image
Well wtriten. I am a little disappointed seeing as though the two women pictured are already getting work. I could almost understand… — Maria Copy Share Image
I think television is one of the last real bastions of the white beauty standard, but still in many industries the workers… — Jami Floyd Copy Share Image
When it comes to drag, my favorite thing we can do is kind of push against the beauty standards of magazines. We… — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
In Ghana, most of the women I know do not identify as sexy, and the reason may be cultural. With imported beauty… — Philomena Kwao Copy Share Image
I stand firmly to the fact that you shouldn't have to change who you are to fit into any beauty standards or… — Denise Bidot Copy Share Image
Honestly, Korean beauty standards are harsh. People are even putting pressure on non-celebrities to be super skinny, and the standards of thinness… — Park Bo-young Copy Share Image
We have this weird beauty standard where women, like, shouldn't grow: what we think is feminine is often what is also pre-pubescent. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
