Children Quote by Alaska

Growing up, I felt insecure about my build. I didn't feel very feminine. But as time went on, I learned to completely embrace my…

— Hope Solo

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

— Alison Bechdel

I was pretty as a child and I felt that I wasn't very manly and that plagued me for years.

— Bradley Cooper

I'm learning to accept everything that I am. I've accepted that I'm not going to be a stick-thin-model kind of girl. When I was…

— Mandy Moore

Like many teens, I struggled with my body and looks, but my despair was amplified by the expectations of cisnormativity and the gender binary…

— Janet Mock

When younger, I was thin as a rail. As I've grown older, I've put on weight. I have continued to love myself in all…

— Troy Perry

I was incredibly voluptuous, and it was frustrating as a young woman to not find things that fit well and made me feel celebratory…

— Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

From a young age, I felt like I was supposed to be the sort of female who is doing something strong.

— AJ Lee

I was always quite skinny and everything.

— Jannik Sinner

While growing up, I have had women around me, be it my mother or aunt, who have individually shown me how to be strong.

— Amyra Dastur

I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was twenty I was bald. I'm homosexual. In the way…

— Alan Bennett

I was a fat kid with big specs in Hollywood, where everyone is beautiful. I still go out and party. I still get women.…

— Jack Osbourne