“With our physical bodies at ease, we are better able to serve, to function, and to show up when we are needed, fists raised in unison in nonviolent protest over a sea of living, breathing bodies—wide- awake and as loud as we damn well please.”
Source: Physical Disobedience: An Unruly Guide to Health and Stamina for the Modern Feminist
“The choice to be in our bodies without shame is the most important thing each of us can do to facilitate being feminists, caretakers, geeks, revolutionaries, tree huggers, experts or advocates.”
Source: Physical Disobedience: An Unruly Guide to Health and Stamina for the Modern Feminist
“With our physical bodies at ease, we are better able to serve, to function, and to show up when we are needed, fists raised in unison in non-violent protest over a sea of living, breathing bodies—wide-awake and as loud as we damn well please.”
Source: Physical Disobedience: An Unruly Guide to Health and Stamina for the Modern Feminist
“Following the 'rules' of fashion... binds our bodies.
It knits our legs together and prevents us from taking up space. It compels us to obey.”
Source: Physical Disobedience: An Unruly Guide to Health and Stamina for the Modern Feminist
“No more starving.
No more challenges. No more fasts.
No more pills.
Food is not the enemy,
and fighting it is making us sick.
Food is the remedy that will make us well.”
Source: Physical Disobedience: An Unruly Guide to Health and Stamina for the Modern Feminist
“We can't deny the suffering that comes with loss, but we can bend with the pain, arch our backs, and return to standing.”
Source: Physical Disobedience: An Unruly Guide to Health and Stamina for the Modern Feminist
“I'm an adult and this is my house. I can grow what I like in my garden. Wear what I choose. What difference does it make what you or anyone else thinks of as normal? Why the f should I care if you approve?”
Source: The Change
“Never appease. No one's ever been respected for appeasing. The only thing you did was let them know there are no consequences to treating you like trash.”
Source: Iron Widow
“Laughter is magic that dispenses clouds and creates sunshine in the soul.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“The expectation that models should change in front of people is also a way for the client to exert power. It's both a test and a reminder of your position: everyone else is doing their job; now it's time for you to do yours. The stylist, their assistant, the client or editor, the other models, and sometimes the photographer will stand right in front of you and wait as you strip. You understand that your body is a means for them to accomplish what they're here to accomplish: to make an image to sell whatever it is they're selling. They're in charge of it now, not you. (K-Spa)”
Source: My Body