“I want to feel empowered and inspired.”

In a previous interview with The Breakfast Club, Tracee Ellis Ross expressed her annoyance with the beauty standards and pressure society has placed on women. In a recent Facebook video, she decided elaborate a bit more:

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Tracee begins her video by clarifying that she advocates for women to do whatever they want with their bodies, as long as it’s because THEY want to, not because society says to.

"I don't like the idea that women might be shamed into making choices or feel shamed for the choices they make."

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She then calls out the way society objectifies a woman’s body and gives a very narrow definition of what beauty is.

"A culture of beauty narrowly defines beauty. Perpetuating this idea that women are only objects and worth love if we somehow match up to this ever-changing always unattainable arbitrary standard of beauty."

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She also adds that she feels our culture has failed us as women.

"I feel that if you think you have to manipulate yourself because you think that who you are is not beautiful enough or not good enough... then I think our culture has failed you."

Tracee Ellis Ross / Via Facebook: TraceeEllisRossOfficial

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