... within every form of oppression lies the seeds of liberation.

Fat people are so rarely included in visual culture that fat is perceived as a blot on the landscape of sleek and slim.

Not that it was Twiggy's fault, but the ubiquity of her image created a sense in young women that to be stylish meant to be skinny, flat-chested with an ingenue face and straight hair.

Many young girls are constantly consumed by controlling and managing their body image to the extent that they are much more involved in the production of the self than in living.

In general, the Western body has become a global brand.

I wish we could treat our bodies as the place we live from, rather than regard it as a place to be worked on, as though it were a disagreeable old kitchen in need of renovation and update.

We accept there's an emotional aspect to life. But we're not very developed in our ways of understanding it.