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" I approach beauty the same way I approach clothing - I think people should do whatever to themselves to make them feel more comfortable in their skin. "

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" I didn't really have an identity crisis because I really, really knew who I always wanted to be But I definitely had a lot of problems with my body. I was very skinny, and I guess my body was sort of pre-pubescent, but when I grew hips and thighs, I just didn't know where I was in the world. It was weird. "

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" Art was - and is - my biggest outlet. I'd probably die if I didn't do it. "

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" I wish I didn't think about what my body looks like. It can be done - it's just a long process. "

" You don't have to wait for anyone's approval to do things. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think a way that feminist photographers work is turning what was the object into the subject and really making it our own. "

" A thing that I'm always worried about doing is putting an image of myself on my Instagram or somewhere else that looks perfect, because that's not who I am, and that's not what I want to preach. "

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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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" I started out taking photos of my friends on, like, disposable cameras, and I documented my younger sister and her friends all through high school. "

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