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Nothing goes to windward like a 747.

TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Nothing goes to windward like a 747.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
The clothing, the makeup, the freedom of expression in [the models’] bodies. It was Linda and Christy and Naomi at the time. So I modeled before college.

TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

The clothing, the makeup, the freedom of expression in [the models’] bodies. It was Linda and Christy and Naomi at the time. So I modeled before college.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Clothing Expression Modeling
Sometime in my second year at Brown [University], I took an acting class. And the lightbulb went off for me. I fell in love with it. I realized that everything I was afraid of about myself, all my fears, could be used in that world.

TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Sometime in my second year at Brown [University], I took an acting class. And the lightbulb went off for me. I fell in love with it. I realized that everything I was afraid of about myself, all my fears, could be used in that world.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Acting
My generation is one of the first generations of “choiceful” women – women who have actually had the choice of how they architect their lives – and I don’t think shame should have any place in that. But as that generation, you get cuts and bruises.

TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

My generation is one of the first generations of “choiceful” women – women who have actually had the choice of how they architect their lives – and I don’t think shame should have any place in that. But as that generation, you get cuts and bruises.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Bruise
My mom helped me. I was very shy growing up, but my shyness sort of manifested in a big personality.

TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

My mom helped me. I was very shy growing up, but my shyness sort of manifested in a big personality.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Manifestation Mom Shy
This woman [Bow] was not simply a reflection of who her husband was. She was her own whole self. And even if we weren’t exploring life through her eyes, when we did see her it was clear that she had a full life.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
Differences in experience, points of view and opinions aren’t what pulls us apart. It’s what pulls us together.

TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Differences in experience, points of view and opinions aren’t what pulls us apart. It’s what pulls us together.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Point
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

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

Day Terrify
There is a way to be a woman, ask for what we deserve and be able to negotiate.

TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

There is a way to be a woman, ask for what we deserve and be able to negotiate.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

Way
Someone asked me recently, “Do you get sick of people asking you about your hair?” And the reason I don’t is because I actually feel like you could chronicle my journey of self-acceptance through my journey with my hair. It’s a badge of something bigger.
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Hairs

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