Advocating Quote by Alexa Chung

People use me as a figurehead, and to me that misses the point and is blatantly offensive to thin women - my sister, for…

— Robyn Lawley

The problem is that we as a society simply accept these unrealistic standards: that you have to be thin to be perfect, to be…

— Crystal Renn

I feel like it's the last frontier: the weight thing with women. I think that so many women, like, even myself, I'm so mean…

— Busy Philipps

A few years ago I lost 30 pounds, and people still wanted to criticize. And honestly, I'm happy with myself if I'm a little…

— Khloe Kardashian

What is frustrating is being told that no matter how hard I've worked, it counts less than my appearance. Although if you're not considered…

— Gloria Steinem

The main criticism that I get is, 'Aren't you just conforming to a patriarchal standard of beauty?' Well, this is just the body I…

— Emily Ratajkowski

Many women don't appreciate their form because it doesn't look like what they see on the front cover of a magazine. They feel ashamed…

— Danielle Colby

“The very notion that beauty is something we need to be protected from is insulting. [...] When you watch Olympic athletes in competition, does…

— Ted Chiang

This unrealistic patriarchal standard of beauty? We're not doing that. It's not about what size we are after we've grown a body. It's about…

— Michelle Buteau

I don't look at the criticism anymore. If somebody calls me fat, even in a vulnerable moment, I laugh to myself and think, I'm…

— Demi Lovato

Women have been programmed to criticise their own bodies because we should have the shape that society, and in particular men, want.

— Ulrika Jonsson

“although there are many factors that contribute to women's body-image issues, we cannot ignore the role that society plays in the aesthetics of what…

— Malebo Sephodi