Cheryl Macias

“The word “pretty,” however, when used to describe a woman’s physical appearance, signifies to me a physical ideal that’s fabricated by companies to make you believe that you’ll never be enough until you reach it. Pretty is what they want you to believe in. Pretty is what causes women to battle each other. Pretty has been created to always be exclusive. Pretty is a made-up lie created to line the pockets of money-hungry assholes.”
― Jes Baker, Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living

“Our bodies are our physical bookmarks that hold space for us in the world.”
― Jes Baker, Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living

“Beauty is something that is everywhere. The sunset is beautiful. Human connection is beautiful. Kindness is beautiful. Bodies are beautiful --all of them. Beauty is ubiquitous, inherent, and found in all of us: on the outside and the inside.”
― Jes Baker, Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living