Stella Young Quotes

I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'

We make such terrible mistakes with visual choices about beauty.

Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves.

I think that promoting insecurity in the form of plastic surgery is infinitely more harmful than an artistic expression related to body modification.

Do we have to be rail thin to possess 'outer beauty' and sex appeal and to be capable of attracting lovers?

I really like where Tony Robbins says that we're all hypnotized to see beauty this one specific way, and it's true.

I think we've gotten to a point where we're becoming really sensitive to things like body dysmorphia, but I think it's gone too far, where people are accusing everyone of hating themselves.

Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.

In New York, if you weigh under 200 pounds and decline so much as a cookie at a co-worker's party, women will flock to your side, assuring you of your appealing physique. This is how skittish we are about the dangers of anorexia and the pressures of body image.

If you ask men about their body image, they will tell you they look better than they do. And if you ask a woman, she'll tell you she looks worse.

Often too many expectations are put on by society as to what we're supposed to look like and it's fed to people at an age that's too young.

Beauty magazines make my girlfriend feel ugly.

Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of their lives which is causing them low self esteem and day-to-day suffering.

I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being skin deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?

It's not fair the emphasis put on beauty, or on sexuality.

I'm always suspicious of really beautiful women telling us we shouldn't be worried about beauty.

I do have body-image issues, just like everyone else. I mean, I wish I had bigger boobs. And I hate my butt. I want an onion butt - you know, a butt that'll bring tears to your eyes?

I'm not a public figure; I shouldn't have to be held to a certain standard of beauty.

Although a lot of pain for a little screen time; Shaving legs, waxing eyebrows, high heels, trying to put on a bra, losing weight because women's clothes are SO revealing - Ladies you have my respect.

I have a book out called 'The Beauty Equation' and it discusses how off track we have gone in considering beauty.

As I was growing up, it was made clear that the fat me wasn't welcome, that a thin person was expected and awaited, and impatiently so.

I was not considered beautiful at all. Really. And this is what all models say. But I'm still not considered that beautiful in my country. I don't know the beauty ideal where I come from - but it's not me.

Western beauty is considered the dominant beauty in the world. Tall, blond, blue eyes. I always felt a little self-conscious because I wanted to be more Caucasian. I tried to get bigger eyes... I would dress preppy.

I don't know why some women don't wear make-up. Every woman should gild the lily.

I'm used to being told by society that I must regulate my body to fit the norm. I'm used to the fact that images of unaltered women are seen as unacceptable.