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

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" I did two years at art school in criticism and curatorial practice, but I dropped out because I was frustrated that there was this hierarchy where I couldn't do anything or ask questions. "

" 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. "

" I'm obviously a white woman with privilege. I want to make sure I always collaborate with people who aren't like me so we can create a work that isn't one dimensional. "

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

" People are always like, 'Did you purposely do something to make people uncomfortable?' And I say the reason why it's uncomfortable is because it's either something that we can't talk about or aren't supposed to talk about, and they're images that aren't ever seen. "

" What's cool is when people send me messages or tag me in their photos, which definitely happens more after a project comes out. The best part, I think, is that the DMs and tags are always from young girls, and reaching them is the most important thing for me. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm used to being told by society that I must regulate my body to fit the norm. I'm used to the fact that images of unaltered women are seen as unacceptable. "

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

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

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

Self-Improvement

" That's what I look for in models: Someone who can tell a story and has a presence in front of the camera. "

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

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

" My style motto is pretty classic: you give off a positive energy when you wear what you're most comfortable in. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Everyone has a mirror face that's so different from their natural face. And I think it's interesting, seeing the way people want to be viewed when they're putting themselves together. "

" 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. "