I Like To Choose Compassion Over Judgment

Getting To A Place Where I Am Comfortable Saying Things Was Hard-earned For Me. I've Chewed On The Ground Glass Of My Own Experience. I Saw Gloria Steinem Speak, And I Was Just Like, Shut The Front Door. She Was Saying That She Didn't Come Into Her Own Until Her 40s, And She Was Asking Herself The Question, Why Should She Have To Get Married? And I Just Thank God Someone Asked That Question, Right? I Think We're The First Generation Of Women Asking Ourselves Certain Questions And Deciding For Ourselves.

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.

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.

It Would Drive The Photographers Crazy Because I Would Giggle And Tell Jokes. I Was Gregarious, And Looking Back, I Realize I Had A Captive Audience.

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.