Women of color, particularly Black girls from economically challenged strati, we are told from the minute you start showing signs of being able to be impregnated: Don't get pregnant. You can't have sex because you might get pregnant. You can't… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
There are those nights where you are just so emotionally present that you crack yourself open. And it works. And on the nights when… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
I want to go down in history in a chapter marked miscellaneous because the writers could find no other way to categorize me In… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
“I'm a woman. That means I break hard. And mend like a motherfucker; all sexy and full of heartbreakingly beautiful scars.” — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
It's so funny the world we live in now. The years where you are most fertile, those are also the fertile years for career… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
I am too many flavors for one f***ing spoon. I want to erase the lines so I can be me. If we do not… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
“Miles of junk to throw out -- how do you decide what to keep when everything is sentiment.” — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
I think one of the most radical things a girl can do is to own her body. And we learn so young not to… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
When you are doing seven shows a week, you have to take care of yourself. There are some moments when you cannot allow yourself… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
Every day I get better at knowing that it is not a choice to be an activist; rather, it is the only way to… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
What's surprising to me now is that now that I'm talking to a lot of women about this, so many women are doing this.… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
Hungry people make the best revolutionaries. Because when you're hungry, it's easy to get angry about things that aren't right. — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
You know, in Hollywood you know when somebody is getting pregnant. It's supposed to be this beautiful scene: the rays are coming in and… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
