My thoughts on body image are simple: if you are being kind to yourself mentally and physically you never have anything to be ashamed for, ever.

You just have to work, we all have to work really hard to take care of ourselves and feed ourselves good information, just like we feed ourselves good food. Feed ourselves good books and good messaging and the things that make us feel like we can be connected with ourselves and others in a deeper way.

I just don't want to be around people who don't hate everything in their life right now.

Women want to control other women because they've been controlled themselves. It's a cycle of control. I'm not blaming women for that, but I am saying we're part of a toxic culture that's feeding all of us the same messaging.

But I want to tell my stories, more than that, I have to in order to stay sane.

Don't put yourself in situations you'd like to run away from. But when you run, run back to yourself.

I felt highly anxious in a way that I didn't think other children were.