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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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" Live what you support online; do things. "

" 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. "

" Being taken seriously as a young woman is the biggest hurdle as I grow older. "

" I'm definitely a Sagittarius. I'm such a fire sign. "

" 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 audience that was never there before. "

" I want to direct a feature film. Horror is my main genre. "

" When a woman is anything but pleasant, she is labeled as whiny, hysterical, etc. "

" I'm so pro-selfie because I think it's a tool that allows girls to create images of their own and of themselves. "

" I didn't see spaces where female artists could exist and exhibit their work. So I created a platform for this - one that allowed our works to be seen, but to also weave a community of women that could lean on and work with one another. "

" I always had this feeling, what I wanted to do. I was trying to work out myself, my frustrations, my body. I couldn't really pinpoint. I started taking photos of my sister and her friends. I was 15, exploring what it meant to be a 15-year-old girl. "

" Women are inherently told their bodies are objects, so that's how we treat them. "

" 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. "

" I love working in groups - I think it makes each individual more powerful. "

" People look the best when they feel the most comfortable, so I buy 10 of the same thing if I really like it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I do an editorial or when I do a campaign, I bring that lens to every space. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 was depressed at a very young age - mental illness runs in my family, especially on the female side. "

" On film, you really have to focus on what you're looking at. You're imprinting a physical image. "

" As much as I preach self-love, it's so hard for me to love myself. It's really hard, and it's just about building a good network of people and, in this case, a good network of artists. Trying to live your ideals as best as you can. "

" For me, art doesn't stop at the gallery space. "

" 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. "

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

" It's hard for every girl to accept their body. This is something that I try to work on every day to set a good example. "