It's been a hard-earned journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I want to be in a relationship with myself as I am. I don't want to be fighting with an image that I put out that I can't keep up with.

But then when you hit high school you start interacting with the patriarchy.

I didn't see enough examples of different versions of how a woman can find happiness and joy and power and sensuality, sexuality, all of that, without it being through the lens of how I'm seen by a man.