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" I think the gender norms of emotion are horrendous. Being masculine means showing zero emotions, but having the choice to be angry or depressed. Being female means you are one dimensional - if you show more than that, you are a psycho, hysterical, or historically, a witch. "

Petra Collins

You

Angry

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Petra Collins

Think

Lens

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Petra Collins

Feminism

Sometimes

" I keep this Hungarian wooden candlestick on the top of my refrigerator along with all my other candles. It's big and ugly, especially next to all my pretty candles, and it doesn't really make sense to have in my apartment. "

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

" 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 remember being 12 or 13 and reading 'Seventeen' and 'CosmoGirl.' They were all about self-improvement. "

" 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. "

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" When you see stories about women that aren't being told by women, it can make you feel like you don't exist. "

Petra Collins

Women

Feel

" You don't have to try to get a job and go through set steps before you start a career or start your life. That's what I want young girls to know - you can do anything you want. Just start. "