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" 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. "

Petra Collins

Life

Know

Job

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" Being taken seriously as a young woman is the biggest hurdle as I grow older. "

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

" I think it's important for not just me but women of color, trans women, and people who are marginalized to be telling stories of themselves. It's important for us to be behind the lens. "

Petra Collins

Think

Lens

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" You don't have to wait for anyone's approval to do things. "

" 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 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. "

Petra Collins

Age

Angry

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

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

" 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. "

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

Petra Collins

Love

Oh My God

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

Petra Collins

Way

Just

" I grew up on Facebook; it's a different realm I live in. For some people, this is inauthentic, but for me, it's all I know. "

Petra Collins

Live

Some People

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Petra Collins

Feminism

Sometimes

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

" I've always been fascinated by the desert. "