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

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" For me, being in a car listening to music has always been my one spot to think. "

" 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. "

" I consider myself endlessly lucky to have access to the Internet and technology. Through it, I've found myself and have been able to join a new discourse of females, young and old, who strive to change the way we look and treat ourselves. "

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

" 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. "

" The selfie is a powerful tool, but it can also be dangerous, and I am fascinated with the process of it because there is a level of self-monitoring. "

" 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. "

" When I was growing up, my parents would apologize when we didn't have enough money for something. I'd always tell them that it was O.K. and that I had learned to work hard because of them. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 really wanted to feel strong, I wanted my subjects to feel strong, but I didn't know how to do that. It's really hard for, I guess, every woman to not internalize misogyny. I just learned as I went on how to best capture my subjects without objectifying them. "

" My lens and my personality, it's just fluid. The art isn't just in one place. "

" 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. "

" I came to New York with no money and just one suitcase. I had my family's emotional support, but they weren't able to help me financially. "

" Occasionally, I'll wear glitter or blue eye shadow. "

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

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

" As a young woman, I was disturbed by the fact that there was no imagery that truly expressed the experience of a young woman and the challenges and turbulence we go through. All we had were teenage magazines like 'Cosmopolitan,' which are very one-sided and show an objectified view of women. "

" If I have extra money, I always love to support my friends who're making art. "

" Oh my God. Brian De Palma. I love him. "

" Putting your work out there is scary! "

" 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. "

" I really don't believe in the word 'selling out.' "

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

" My mind is changing all the time. I can't live in a space that has a fixed aesthetic. I just need a blank slate when I come home. "

" I'm either working or I'm lying in bed the entire day. "