I was very depressed at a young age and felt like I didn't have agency towards that. Being 'female' meant I couldn't be that - I couldn't be angry, loud, sullen. Being sad meant I was weak. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
Women's emotions are constantly labeled. Any slight deviation from 'pleasantness,' and we are labeled as hysterical. When we are angry, sad, depressed, or manic, we are immediately seen as unfeminine or ugly or weak. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
When you see stories about women that aren't being told by women, it can make you feel like you don't exist. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
With social media and all the new technology, there's just more interfaces around and reminders to constantly be working on our body. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
Just being with a group of girls and experiencing sadness together - it's a pretty powerful thing. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
I remember being 12 or 13 and reading 'Seventeen' and 'CosmoGirl.' They were all about self-improvement. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
I'm used to seeing women being degraded, slut shamed, harassed for what they look like. Even the most powerful women in the world are… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
My mom had been a script supervisor in Hungary, but you can't just jump into that in Canada without knowing any English. She worked… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
I started out taking photos of my friends on, like, disposable cameras, and I documented my younger sister and her friends all through high… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
There's definitely a romanticism of youth, like, everywhere. Specifically with women, they kind of only exist between the age of 15 to 25. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
Hashtag activism is a catalyst, but things have to actually happen in real life. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
Social media has been such a big important thing for young artists and minorities because it's a community to get noticed. It's having an… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
