When you're a teen girl, the most influential people in your life are your friends, your parents, and celebrities. You can't go anywhere without seeing a billboard with a drop-dead gorgeous, perfect woman advertising a product that of course, you now want to buy. Teen girls sit at the mall with their friends leafing through pages and pages of stunning models and actresses, all claiming their beauty regimen in the best, in order to look as perfect as they do. This is a new era of not being good enough. You are at your most influential stage when you hit puberty around, 14 and 15 years old. This is the time when young girls should just focus on being happy with themselves and having fun with their friends. They already have school and family stress, why add beauty to the long list. Recently, in the last few years, celebrities have gotten on the bandwagon for starting the initiation of empowering young girls. When girls look at magazines and watch movies, the first idea they have shouldn't be of how they can change themselves. Being a young girl is already hard and confusing enough, society should not make it even more difficult. Here are ten celebrity quotes that finally have gotten it right. Strong women celebrities know they have to empower women as much as they possibly can, because they understand that they have the ultimate power. They have the ultimate power to change the way teen girls think about the way they look. They have the power to change a whole generation.
1.Viola Davis' comment when asked what she wanted to say to young girl's all over the globe in a Buzz Feed interview: "To not live someone else's life and someone else's idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that's inside of you."
2.Emma Watson stated, “I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say that loves it and doesn't want to change anything."
3.Beyoncé wanted all girls to know, “I don't have to prove anything to anyone. I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world. I run my world."
4.“I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl," said Anne Hathaway in an interview.
5.Emma Stone came out and said, “I can't think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself."
6.“We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead." – Beyoncé Knowles
7.“Figure out who you are separate from your family, and the man or woman you're in a relationship with. Find who you are in this world and what you need to feel good alone. I think that's the most important thing in life. Find a sense of self because with that, you can do anything else." – Angelina Jolie
8. J-Law once again came out to advocate for women. I just think it should be illegal to call somebody fat on TV. I think the media needs to take responsibility for the effect it has on our younger generation, on these girls that are watching these television shows and picking up how to talk and how to be cool."
And she wasn't done….
“Girls see enough of this body we can't imitate, that we'll never be able to obtain….these unrealistic expectations. It's better to look healthy and strong!"
You go girl!
9.“I call myself a feminist when people ask me if I am. And of course I am because it's about equality. So I hope everyone is. You know youre working in a patriarchal society when the word 'feminist' has a weird connotation," states Ellen Page.
10.“Don't waste your time trying to change opinions. Do your thing and don't care if they like it!" –Tina Fey
