“ O my Courageous Sister! You have to become the beacon of hope for all women around you and then for the whole society. Abhijit Naskar
“ When you watch Olympic athletes in competition, does your self-esteem plummet? Of course not. On the contrary, you feel wonder and admiration; you're inspired that such exceptional individuals exist.… Ted Chiang
“ Don't tell me I'm "too tall" just because my height happens to threaten your rather fragile sense of masculinity. The fact that men cannot physically look down upon women who are taller than them is t… Miya Yamanouchi
“ The insidious reasons for a brown girl’s self-loathing won’t be surprising to any woman of color. I cannot rightly compare my own struggles to those of another minority, as each ethnicity comes with i… Padma Lakshmi
“ The secrets of the kitchen were revealed to you in stages, on a need-to-know basis, just like the secrets of womanhood. You started wearing bras; you started handling the pressure cooker for lentils.… Padma Lakshmi
“ Simply being born female in our society is to grow up being told your worth as a person is tied to how slim and attractive you are. Even for those of us lucky enough to have evolved parents, the messa… Padma Lakshmi
“ The feminist call was for women to embrace ways of seeing beauty and adorning ourselves that are healthy, life-affirming, and not overly time-time consuming. Bell Hooks
“ Thus the little mermaid learned her world’s greatest paradox: that their currency was beauty, and their coin was body parts. Esther Dalseno
