‘Witch’ is something we call a woman who demands the benefit of the doubt, who speaks the truth, who punctures the con, who kills your joy if your joy is killing.

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"Choir actually changed my life and taught me how to dedicate myself to a collective and settle for nothing less than excellence."

- Lindy West

Personal Growth

"We are not obligated to conform to society’s narrow standards of beauty. We are worthy and deserving of love and respect exactly as we are."

- Lindy West

Belief in Self

"Every body is beautiful, valuable, and worthy of respect. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise."

- Lindy West

Belief in Self

"There is no right or wrong way to have a body. All bodies are good bodies."

- Lindy West

Belief in Self

"We don’t need to change our bodies to fit society’s standards; we need to change society’s standards to include all bodies."

- Lindy West

Change

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"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."

- Beauty and the Beast

Courage

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

- Mark Twain

Courage

"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."

- Tracee Ellis Ross

Courage

"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."

- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Courage

"Courage, dear heart."

- C.S. Lewis

Courage