"Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.“

-Alanis Morissette

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"A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance."

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"I'm excited about there being more of a sisterhood these days. Back in the '90s there was a lot of hate - the women I looked up to as artists were dissing me! It's not so patriarchal these days - there's more love and a lot less hate!"

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"Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women."

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"Ageism works in both directions. As a teenager in the public eye, people would talk condescendingly to me. When you get older there's this feeling that you have to start carving up your face and body. Right now I'm in the middle ground - I think women in their thirties are taken seriously."

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"I didn't want to be one of those women who wake up at 63 years old and realize they've missed the window of opportunity for marriage and children."

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"In LA, where I live, it's all about perfectionism. Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women."

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