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

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I know having a social media profile removed is a 21st century privileged problem - but it is the way a lot of us live. These profiles mimic our physical selves and a lot of the time are even more important. They are ways to connect with an audience, to start discussion, and to create change. "

" 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. "

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

" The selfie is revolutionary to me. It is, I think, the only point in history where masses of young girls and women have been able to control, create, and publish images of themselves. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I was very depressed at a young age and felt like I didn't have agency towards that. Being 'female' meant I couldn't be that - I couldn't be angry, loud, sullen. Being sad meant I was weak. "

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

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

" It's very insulting when you're in charge and someone is talking down to you. "

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

Self-Improvement

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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