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“To me, the point of feminism is to be inclusive.”

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Petra Collins is an emerging artist known for her unique visual style and exploration of female imagery. Her work blends photography, painting, and digital media, addressing themes such as gender, identity, and consumer culture. more

“I feel like fashion is becoming more inclusive, partly because the industry is finally getting that beauty exists in so many ways, and partly because thanks to Instagram, girls can create their own images, or remix images they're seeing in magazines and fashion shows, in ways that weren't possible before.”

Way Feels Shows Girl Seeing Fashion Industry Becoming Magazines Thanks Instagram Becoming More Fashion Show Remix

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“With feminism social media just opened up its boundaries even more. Now all these different tribes of women can connect with each other, and also find each other if they're not living in the same city, or even if they are but they're not friends with the same people!”

People Ifs Different Social Cities Feminism Media Social Media Boundaries Tribes Not Friends

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“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.”

People Thinking Important Happens Young Girl Projects Messages Important Things Reaching Tag

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“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.”

Thinking Feels Feelings Might Young Share Belonging Strongest Young Women

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“Even if I'm not so into the specific celebrities who are sharing images of themselves looking "bad," I think it's an amazing contribution to the conversations about beauty that we have online.”

Ifs Thinking Conversation Contribution Online

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“I used to hate my hair. Now I love it. I spend hours brushing my hair out after it dries. I love it when it's big.”

Bigs Used Hate Hours Hair Brushing

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“Girls are taught to be so afraid to take up any "space," even with their own bodies, and hair is a part of that. I'm glad to not be a part of that!”

Body Girl Space Taught Hair Glad

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“If a guy can't handle your natural hair, he's weak. Why waste time on someone like that?”

Ifs Guy Natural Hair Waste Weak Handle Wasting Time Natural Hair

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“If a guy can't handle your crazy pictures, he's probably not someone you want in your life.”

Ifs Want Guy Crazy Handle Your Crazy

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“When I did get signed and I was going around letting people know what I was about, that's exactly how I did it: me on the piano, playing a couple of songs I'd written and talking to the people in between. That's how I got my performance chops up.”

People Knows Song Talking Written Couple Performances Piano Piano Playing

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