“Women are so hard on themselves, calling their looks ordinary, holding themselves up to standards of beauty set by men. Does a Susan consider itself any less beautiful than a peony? Does a wildflower growing in a ditch think of itself as less than one growing in a garden? No! So why do we?”

“Women are so hard on themselves, calling their looks ordinary, holding themselves up to standards of beauty set by men. Does a Susan consider itself any less beautiful than a peony? Does a wildflower growing in a ditch think of itself as less than one growing in a garden? No! So why do we?”

— Viola Shipman