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> [“When it comes to current attitudes about surgery, the practice of dismissing the cultural context and rationalizing it as individual betterment "flattens the terrain of power relations." In other words, we can talk about doing it for us until our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andi-zeisler/when-it-comes-to-current-attitudes-about-surgery-the-practice-of/)

[Andi Zeisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andi-zeisler/)

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## More by Andi Zeisler

> [It's very easy to co-opt subcultures, and I think that scene was very easily coopted, not just on a feminist level but on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andi-zeisler/it-s-very-easy-to-co-opt-subcultures-and-i-think-that-scene-was-very/)

[Andi Zeisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andi-zeisler/)

> [There's always been a way in which capitalism has been able to almost get in on the ground floor of feminist movements and use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andi-zeisler/there-s-always-been-a-way-in-which-capitalism-has-been-able-to-almost/)

[Andi Zeisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andi-zeisler/)

> [“A big tent is great and all, but there has to be a line in the sand, and I'm pretty sure the desire to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andi-zeisler/a-big-tent-is-great-and-all-but-there-has-to-be-a-line-in-the-sand/)

[Andi Zeisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andi-zeisler/)

> [“...the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that its fair for a woman to be fired from her job if her appearance is distracting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andi-zeisler/the-iowa-supreme-court-ruled-in-2013-that-its-fair-for-a-woman-to-be/)

[Andi Zeisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andi-zeisler/)

> [Capitalism is a system that's ultimately predicated on and depends on some form of inequality. Feminism has always intersected with capitalism in terms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andi-zeisler/capitalism-is-a-system-that-s-ultimately-predicated-on-and-depends-on/)

[Andi Zeisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andi-zeisler/)

> [Media economics now are so dependent on people saying controversial things and an entire mini-news cycle springing up around this thing that that person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andi-zeisler/media-economics-now-are-so-dependent-on-people-saying-controversial/)

[Andi Zeisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andi-zeisler/)

> [“When it comes to current attitudes about surgery, the practice of dismissing the cultural context and rationalizing it as individual betterment "flattens the terrain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andi-zeisler/when-it-comes-to-current-attitudes-about-surgery-the-practice-of/)

[Andi Zeisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andi-zeisler/)

> [Advertising is brilliant. It's an industry that spends billions and billions of dollars to get you to react the way it wants you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andi-zeisler/advertising-is-brilliant-it-s-an-industry-that-spends-billions-and/)

[Andi Zeisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andi-zeisler/)

> [The nineties as a pop cultural sphere was a really fertile time for feminism that was grounded and located in popular culture. I'm talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andi-zeisler/the-nineties-as-a-pop-cultural-sphere-was-a-really-fertile-time-for/)

[Andi Zeisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andi-zeisler/)

> [We are conditioned to be consumers since birth. I still think it's kind of incumbent on us as consumers to know the difference between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andi-zeisler/we-are-conditioned-to-be-consumers-since-birth-i-still-think-it-s/)

[Andi Zeisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andi-zeisler/)

> [The media is such a huge piece of how we understand feminism, particularly celebrity feminism, and I really do think that so much of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andi-zeisler/the-media-is-such-a-huge-piece-of-how-we-understand-feminism/)

[Andi Zeisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andi-zeisler/)

> [People who are invested in feminist movements are going to be talking about it regardless. Because we have such powerful tools to disseminate information…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andi-zeisler/people-who-are-invested-in-feminist-movements-are-going-to-be-talking/)

[Andi Zeisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andi-zeisler/)

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