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" Art was - and is - my biggest outlet. I'd probably die if I didn't do it. "
Petra Collins
Art
Biggest
Die
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" People are always like, 'Did you purposely do something to make people uncomfortable?' And I say the reason why it's uncomfortable is because it's either something that we can't talk about or aren't supposed to talk about, and they're images that aren't ever seen. "
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" I don't know what I would've done without it. I really struggled in school with reading and writing. Art was my refuge - my way of speaking, of dealing with my own issues and connecting with the world. "
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" For me, art doesn't stop at the gallery space. "
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" Women are inherently told their bodies are objects, so that's how we treat them. "
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" We live in such an image-heavy world that not seeing yourself in that landscape can really make it tough to feel human, to feel like you are part of the world. "
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" My favorite place to go is Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. If you see it at sunrise and sunset, it's like you're on Mars. "
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" 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 measured by their appearance and constantly ridiculed for it. "
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" 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. "
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" A good jean that fits someone's butt right is just amazing. It's just classic. "
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Right
Amazing
" That's what I look for in models: Someone who can tell a story and has a presence in front of the camera. "
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" I'm thin and white and blond, but I'm not an airbrushed, perfect thing. I have stretch marks all over. I have cellulite; I have acne. To me, it feels like you can't really be what you can't see, and so if you don't see those things, then you don't feel like you're valid. "
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Me
See
" I'm so pro-selfie because I think it's a tool that allows girls to create images of their own and of themselves. "
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Tool
Because
" We work to create a new wave of feminism that is more inclusive. I want others to feel equal. It's so great to see women in positions of power, which is why other artists, such as Marilyn Minter, are so inspirational to me. "
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Women
Power
" For me, being in a car listening to music has always been my one spot to think. "
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Music
Car
Always
" The selfie is revolutionary to me. It is, I think, the only point in history where masses of young girls and women have been able to control, create, and publish images of themselves. "
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Women
Control
History
" Curating, in the modern sense, is something I gravitate to. Taking different ideas from a bunch of different places and putting them into one place or space, a story that makes sense or a new idea. Everything is remixed and taken from other things to make something new. "
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New
Places
" There's definitely a romanticism of youth, like, everywhere. Specifically with women, they kind of only exist between the age of 15 to 25. "
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Age
Only
Youth
" I've always been fascinated by the desert. "
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Desert
Been
Fascinated
" 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 retail jobs and raised my sister and me while learning English. "
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Learning
Canada
Mom
" I grew up on Facebook; it's a different realm I live in. For some people, this is inauthentic, but for me, it's all I know. "
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Up
Some People
" Because I loved dance, I always need to be physical and moving, so photography that is more tactile made more sense. "
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" The feminist movement is way bigger than the word. I don't police people on what they call themselves, but equality and a general sense of togetherness are really important to me. "
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" We have this weird beauty standard where women, like, shouldn't grow: what we think is feminine is often what is also pre-pubescent. "
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" My mother struggled immensely with mental illness, and so did I. She grew up bipolar, but it was never diagnosed nor recognized. It was shrugged off like a 'symptom' of being female - of her being weak. I also experienced this growing up: I felt that the great pain I experienced was a dramatisation. "
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" Just like any other girl, I felt pressure to look a certain way. Act a certain way. "
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" I think anytime you can share images that make young women feel a sense of belonging when they might not be feeling their best or their strongest is so cool. "
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" I post all the time anyway. It's part of who I am. There's me IRL. There's me URL. That's just my life. Plus, I love it. It's amazing to connect with so many people. "
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Time
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" I just think it's crazy that we don't think that the youth are valid. They're the ones who really know what's going on. "
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" If I have extra money, I always love to support my friends who're making art. "
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Money
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