Florence Given

“Beauty is not rent owed for existing in public.”

A body is not a service offered to strangers.

“Niceness becomes harmful when it requires self-erasure.”

Approval is expensive when truth is the price.

“Being chosen is not the same as being free.”

Desirability should not outrank self-definition.

“Boundaries are a language of self-respect.”

No is a full sentence when safety requires it.

“Anger can clarify where a line has been crossed.”

The emotion may carry information worth hearing.

“Pleasure and ambition do not need permission from respectability.”

A life can be self-authored without apology.

“The book is most useful as a permission refusal.”

Stop auditioning for comfort that costs you yourself.