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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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" 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. "

Petra Collins

Identity

World

Weird

" When I was 16, I created this online platform for female artists. I messaged women who I loved; that's how I got work and connected with people. You don't need to plead for entry into a system that doesn't want you anyway. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Feminism is a lens I see the world through and what I believe in. I don't ever use it as a tool of promotion. "

" I get why feminism can be intimidating; sometimes it can seem like this exclusive club. "

Petra Collins

Feminism

Sometimes

" Hashtag activism is a catalyst, but things have to actually happen in real life. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Just like any other girl, I felt pressure to look a certain way. Act a certain way. "

Petra Collins

Way

Just

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

" There's definitely a romanticism of youth, like, everywhere. Specifically with women, they kind of only exist between the age of 15 to 25. "

" 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. "

" I want people to see themselves in a person. I never want someone to aspire to be someone else. "

" It's so important for women to create images of women - or any group, at that. "

" We have this weird beauty standard where women, like, shouldn't grow: what we think is feminine is often what is also pre-pubescent. "

" How girls perceive themselves is interesting, and how they act when they're looking in the mirror. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Just being with a group of girls and experiencing sadness together - it's a pretty powerful thing. "

" Because I loved dance, I always need to be physical and moving, so photography that is more tactile made more sense. "

" It's so rare to see a woman lose control and also gain it back. Women are always told, 'Oh, be in control of your feelings,' and a woman is never allowed to express her anger without being demonised as being PMS-y. "

" 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. "

Petra Collins

Important

People

" 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. "

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

" With social media and all the new technology, there's just more interfaces around and reminders to constantly be working on our body. "

" I look for subjects who have stories to tell - who are looking to tell something. "

" A good jean that fits someone's butt right is just amazing. It's just classic. "

" If your story is being told by someone who doesn't really know it, it's not going to come out accurate. A lot of it has to do with context. Whoever's behind the camera or pen or whatever. "