people have to realize that

Nudity is not porn. An exposed body is not for your pleasure. Learn to respect that.

I took this picture for a class but I thought it was so powerful.

The beautiful girl to the left has struggled with being called slut whore skank ect because she has well double D’s.

Me, on your right, I’ve always been told especially by guys that I need to “grow bigger boobs”.

But we are who we are. She is big and I am small and that should be okay. Don’t let the world tell you what you should look like.

amazing, this needs more notes

Pisses me off so much though. “Grow bigger boobs”?? Like can you grow a bigger dick? Nah, didn’t think so, go fuck yourselves.

Violet Rose (via c-icatrix)

This is one of my favorite quotes about sexualization/objectification vs autonomy of female bodies bc it’s so succinct

(via platonicsbeforeerotics)

mentally ill ppl are deserving of love n respect n support even if they:

 loving n respecting n supporting mentally ill ppl should not be limited to when they are in recovery or are “getting better” and “getting better” means different things for every mentally ill person. 

flood people with compliments. make eye contact. don’t be the first one to let go of a hug. push yourself to run faster and further. listen intentionally.

the only reason your art looks awful to you is because you had an image in your head and the art you created doesnt match it

other people have no image, so when presented with the art you created, they’re usually pretty impressed, because wow you made that out of nothing!! its...

I’ll respect your opinion as long as your opinion doesn’t disrespect anybodies existence.

THIS PHRASE SHOULD BE WRITTEN EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD.

Theater matters. Band matters. Dance matters. Art matters. Photography matters. Color Guard matters. Poms matters. Choir matters. Creative Writing matters. THE ARTS MATTER.

sometimes i wonder what i would think of my body if it wasn’t my own? like if someone else had my body and i was looking at it from an outside perspective? i think two things would happen… for one, i would have much nicer thoughts about it. and two, i actually just wouldn’t really care about it? because i don’t notice anyone else’s body in the way that i scrutinize my own. i wish i was better at remembering that. absolutely no one is as critical of me as i am of myself

Evanescence (via hqlines)

lorijenessanelson (via wnq-writers)

take as many selfies as you want. wear as much makeup as you want. style your hair however you want it and dye it a crazy color even when people say “it won’t fit your skintone”. romanticize the fuck out of your body and dare to fall for it even when everyone else tells you you can’t. don’t let anyone control and diminish the love you have for yourself

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Nayyirah Waheed (via larmoyante)

'Blind' by Della Hicks-Wilson  (via undomiells)

surround yourself with people who