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.
TRACEE ELLIS ROSSHere is my wish and my desire and my pledge as well: that we remember our true nature and our womanhood. That we own and know that we are more than our bodies and yet our bodies are these sacred, beautiful, rhythmic houses for us.
More Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes
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Why am I beating my hair up? Because I want it to look like something that it isn’t? These are questions that I’ve been pondering my whole life.
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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.
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This is a couple that actually loves, respects & appreciates each other.
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In some of the darkest and hardest moments, there is always a part of me that is okay. And I can always access that part of me.
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One of the photographers was like, “Can you stop talking and try to look sexy for a minute?”
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I don’t know that the stereotypical idea of what it is to be a child of somebody hugely famous necessarily comes into play in my life.
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It was when I realized I needed to stop trying to be somebody else and be myself, that I actually started to own, accept and love what I had.
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Just embrace your hair! I really feel like I am not an advocate for people doing what I do. I’m an advocate for people discovering and finding what works for them.
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I’m trying to find my own version of what makes me feel beautiful.
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We all, as women, need to continue to change our gaze from how we are seen to how we are seeing.
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There is a way to be a woman, ask for what we deserve and be able to negotiate.
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One of the things I’ve realized is how portable God is. No really, He’s everywhere!
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I was spoiled when I worked in the magazine world. Fashion closets are heaven and I seem to model my organization after a fashion closet.
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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.
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My mom didn’t adhere to any of those typical rules. She woke us up for school every morning, and was there at dinner or would call at bedtime. She never left for longer than a week. She recorded while we were sleeping.
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