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Petra Collins
Canadian Artist
Born: Dec 21, 1992
Me People Think Women Work You
Related authors: Agnes Martin Ariel Garten Emily Carr Jeff Lemire John Howe John Kricfalusi Miriam Schapiro Todd McFarlane
My style motto is pretty classic: you give off a positive energy when you wear what you're most comfortable in. Petra Collins
Positive You Positive Energy Style Energy Wear Classic Pretty Give Most Comfortable Off Motto
I think the gender norms of emotion are horrendous. Being masculine means showing zero emotions, but having the choice to be angry or depressed. Being female means you are one dimensional - if you show more than that, you are a psycho, hysterical, or historically, a witch. Petra Collins
Angry You Emotions Gender Think One-Dimensional Horrendous Having More Emotion Masculine Hysterical Witch Female Historically Than Norms Being Psycho Depressed Choice Means Show Showing Zero
My lens and my personality, it's just fluid. The art isn't just in one place. Petra Collins
Art Personality Fluid Just Place Lens
I grew up on Facebook; it's a different realm I live in. For some people, this is inauthentic, but for me, it's all I know. Petra Collins
Me Facebook People Some People Live Some Know Up Different Grew Realm
Success doesn't happen overnight. Petra Collins
Success Overnight Happen
My mom had been a script supervisor in Hungary, but you can't just jump into that in Canada without knowing any English. She worked retail jobs and raised my sister and me while learning English. Petra Collins
Mom Me You Learning Hungary Sister Jobs Supervisor Retail Had Knowing She Without Been Jump Canada Any Just While Script Worked English Raised
I approach beauty the same way I approach clothing - I think people should do whatever to themselves to make them feel more comfortable in their skin. Petra Collins
People Beauty Whatever Skin Think Approach Way More Feel Make Comfortable Same Clothing Them Themselves Should
Oh my God. Brian De Palma. I love him. Petra Collins
Love God Him Oh Oh My God Brian
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. Petra Collins
Women Seen Society Unacceptable Must Fact Norm Fit Women Are Being Body Used Regulate Images
The selfie is a powerful tool, but it can also be dangerous, and I am fascinated with the process of it because there is a level of self-monitoring. Petra Collins
Dangerous Tool Powerful Powerful Tool Also Because Am Process Fascinated Level
I get why feminism can be intimidating; sometimes it can seem like this exclusive club. Petra Collins
Sometimes Feminism Club Intimidating Seem Exclusive Like Get Why
I remember being 12 or 13 and reading 'Seventeen' and 'CosmoGirl.' They were all about self-improvement. Petra Collins
Remember Reading Seventeen About Self-Improvement Were Being
I'm used to seeing women being degraded, slut shamed, harassed for what they look like. Even the most powerful women in the world are measured by their appearance and constantly ridiculed for it. Petra Collins
Women World Degraded Constantly Seeing Shamed Powerful Like Look Most Most Powerful Being Harassed Used Measured Appearance Even Ridiculed
A good jean that fits someone's butt right is just amazing. It's just classic. Petra Collins
Good Amazing Classic Someone Fits Just Jean Butt Right
Hashtag activism is a catalyst, but things have to actually happen in real life. Petra Collins
Life Real Life Catalyst Real Happen Activism Actually Things
My mother struggled immensely with mental illness, and so did I. She grew up bipolar, but it was never diagnosed nor recognized. It was shrugged off like a 'symptom' of being female - of her being weak. I also experienced this growing up: I felt that the great pain I experienced was a dramatisation. Petra Collins
Great Mother Pain Bipolar Symptom Weak Immensely Recognized Mental Mental Illness Struggled Never Like Also She Felt Female Diagnosed Nor Off Up Did Being Experienced Grew Illness Growing Growing Up Her
When I was 16, I created this online platform for female artists. I messaged women who I loved; that's how I got work and connected with people. You don't need to plead for entry into a system that doesn't want you anyway. Petra Collins
Work You Women People Plead System Online Entry Female Female Artists Got How Artists Want Loved Anyway Created Who Connected Platform Need
Occasionally, I'll wear glitter or blue eye shadow. Petra Collins
Eye Wear Shadow Glitter Occasionally Blue
I didn't see spaces where female artists could exist and exhibit their work. So I created a platform for this - one that allowed our works to be seen, but to also weave a community of women that could lean on and work with one another. Petra Collins
Work Women Seen Community Our See Weave Could Allowed Lean Also Another Female Female Artists Exhibit Exist Artists Where Spaces Created Works Platform
With social media and all the new technology, there's just more interfaces around and reminders to constantly be working on our body. Petra Collins
Technology Social Media Our Constantly More Reminders New Around New Technology Just Social Working Body Media
If your story is being told by someone who doesn't really know it, it's not going to come out accurate. A lot of it has to do with context. Whoever's behind the camera or pen or whatever. Petra Collins
Whatever Pen Out Someone Come Know Context Camera Lot Accurate Going Behind Being Story Really Your Who Whoever
I was depressed at a very young age - mental illness runs in my family, especially on the female side. Petra Collins
Family Age Young Side Runs Mental Mental Illness Female Very Young Age Depressed Illness
Feminism is a lens I see the world through and what I believe in. I don't ever use it as a tool of promotion. Petra Collins
World Feminism Believe Tool Promotion See Through Lens Use Ever
The feminist movement is way bigger than the word. I don't police people on what they call themselves, but equality and a general sense of togetherness are really important to me. Petra Collins
Me People Equality Police Word Important Sense Way General General Sense Call Feminist Than Movement Bigger Themselves Really Togetherness
I'm definitely a Sagittarius. I'm such a fire sign. Petra Collins
Fire Definitely Sign Sagittarius
It's very insulting when you're in charge and someone is talking down to you. Petra Collins
You Down Charge Someone Talking Insulting Very
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