“Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than the beautiful situations - they are the most graceful media in which the lines of society are distorted.” BeautifulLinesSituationMediaSongwritingAdmirableUnderdog Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“I feel like a lot of the industry and media portray this image of what beautiful is, or how you should dress, or how you should look, and I don't think it's healthy.” ThinkingFeelsShouldLooksBeautifulMediaIndustryHealthyDresses Author:Jessie J
“Our bodies are exploited so much in the media, I feel like everyone is made to feel like they're not worthy or beautiful.” FeelsMadeBodyBeautifulMediaWorthyNot Worthy Author:Shantel VanSanten
“I allowed social media to define what I thought of my body. And now I realize that no matter how thin you are, someone will call you fat. No matter how beautiful you are, someone will call you ugly. But you can't spend your time worrying about that. You're just not going to please the world.” WorldMatterBodyBeautifulSocialRealizingWorryMediaPleaseUglySocial MediaFatsBeautiful You Author:Demi Lovato
“My father is doing a radio program - classical music. He has a beautiful speaking voice and that's his passion in life, his music. My mother lives in Melbourne and is an avid photographer. She's also started writing for a magazine out there and she submits poems, very funny ones, and articles. In some way or other, my family is always doing something with the media.” WayWritingBeautifulMotherPassionFatherVoiceMediaProgramMy FamilyPhotographerRadioMagazinesArticlesSubmitClassical MusicAvidMelbourne Author:Olivia Newton-John
“We in the richest societies have too many calories even as we starve for beautiful, fresh food; we have overly large houses but lack spaces that truly embody our individuality and connectedness; media surround us everywhere while we starve for authentic communication. We are offered entertainment every second of the day but lack the chance to play. In the ubiquitous world of money, we hunger for all that is intimate, personal and unique.” WorldPhilosophyPlayWisdomMotivationalBeautifulHouseChanceSpaceMediaCommunicationUniqueHungerIndividualityEntertainmentIntimateSurroundCaloriesEvery SecondConnectednessFresh Food Author:Charles Eisenstein
“I have always been aware that I can never represent all trans people. No one or two or three trans people can. This is why we need diverse media representations of trans folks to multiply trans narratives in the media and depict our beautiful diversities.” PeopleNeedsI CanTwoBeautifulThreeMediaDiversityFolksNarrativeDiverseRepresentationTrans Author:Laverne Cox
“In real everyday life, I don't walk around feeling fat and if on TV I'm considered fat, honestly, I kind of like it, because I'm a big advocate of positive unique representations of women in media. And so I like how I'm able to represent a curvier body and still be beautiful.” IfsKindStillsRealFeelingsBodyBigsAbleBeautifulWalksMediaTvsUniqueEverydayHonestlyFatsRepresentationEveryday Life Author:Kether Donohue
“I like how I'm able to be curvy and beautiful and represent that in media, because I don't think it's shown often enough.” ThinkingEnoughAbleBeautifulMediaCurvy Author:Kether Donohue
“What is kind of beautiful about Katrina is that even though the media and officials are working hard at telling us everyone in New Orleans was a monster, in the immediate aftermath more than 200,000 people invite displaced strangers into their homes through hurricanehousing.org and an uncounted horde go to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast to give, to love, to be in solidarity, and to rebuild.” PeopleGivingKindHardHomeBeautifulMediaStrangerMonstersOfficialsInvitesSolidarityCoastNew OrleansAftermathKatrinaHorde Author:Rebecca Solnit
“We did a campaign here with New York Times. We had a great ad: "Today in America, someone will kill an elephant for a bracelet." We became sensitized in our society. Now there are four or five billion people in Asia who need to get this message. We need to use social media, print magazines, celebrities - anything we can to share this message. It's not cool, it's not okay. You are destroying beautiful animals. You are robbing a continent of its wealth. And you are hurting a lot of innocent people.” PeopleNeedsUseTodayAmericaBeautifulSocialHurtWealthAnimalFiveFourShareMediaNew YorkMessagesOkaySocial MediaBillionsCampaignsInnocentMagazinesOur SocietyPrintDestroyingAdsContinentsElephantsAsiaNew York TimesRobbingBraceletNot Okay Author:Patrick Bergin
“We are contaminated with the idea of "winning" and defeating others. Indoctrinated by parents, schools, and our ubiquitous media, hammered with a lie: The only way to be truly triumphant is if we are dominant before supposed "competitors" rather than beautiful before ourselves.” IfsWayIdeasSchoolBeautifulLyingWinningParentMediaDominantCompetitorsTriumphantHammered Author:Daniel Gillies