'Educate, don't hate.' That's my motto. The reason why there's so much pushback against diversity and against minority communities is because people are afraid to make mistakes and ask questions. They feel that they'll be chastised if they use the wrong label. It's too scary for them.

Rain Dove

Categorized in : Feel People Hate Motto

Fortunately, unlike my teachers and classmates, my parents never forced gender roles or even a ended identity on me. I grew up on a farm, so all that mattered was working hard.

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parents me gender identity

The first thing you put on in the morning is your lingerie, and you have to look at yourself and tell yourself that you're beautiful, and that's really hard to do when even a simple catalog can't confirm that you're wearing something appropriately or look good enough.

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good simple morning beautiful

I may not be the conventional girl, but that doesn't mean I'm not a pretty girl. Or that any girl isn't a pretty girl.

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pretty pretty-girl girl mean

You don't see Victoria's Secret women running around with even short hair. That's too crazy for them.

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you women crazy hair

When a lot of people wake up in the morning and put on their underwear, the first thing they feel that day is terrible about themselves. When you see that your body is not what other people want, it can be really devastating. I have so many friends that I grew up with who have had serious eating disorders.

Rain Dove

day you morning people

I want to tell people that there are more ways to be beautiful, there are more ways to be handsome.

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handsome want beautiful people

I ended up in Colorado working in wilderness fire prevention. My job was to run around with a chainsaw and cut down trees during a blaze. It was really fun. When I first got out there, that's when I realized how passable of a male I could be.

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down job fire fun

I grew up having to do manual labor because people always told me that I was an ugly girl. I've never had the permission to be myself except for when I'm doing manual labor. Because in manual labor, it's about, 'Can you pick this up, can you move this here,' and I could.

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myself me you girl

Dove is encouraging people to set their own standards worldwide. To be their own unique selves. To not allow others to shame them for accepting their own bodies and styles.

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own shame unique people

There's something so empowering about knowing I can pick up an axe and split a piece of wood.

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wood something i-can knowing

I just see clothing as cloth, and I see it as art, and I see it as a way to express yourself artistically in this world.

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yourself way world art

My body is sometimes this thing I look at and think, 'What strange, alien thing grew around my consciousness?' It's like this weird fungus that's just there.

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weird look think sometimes

Not everyone will see your beauty, and not everyone will find you attractive or believe you are worthy of their clothing or publications.

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will you beauty believe

I used to feel guilty about having nice things, because there was so much good I could be doing with that money. I always tell people that, if you can afford what I'm wearing, then you can afford to make a difference. But fashion has taught me that it's not a bad thing to love yourself and take care of yourself.

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good me money love

Justice can rarely exist without honesty.

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without exist honesty justice

I look like what we have taught society a lesbian looks like. I just do. I have the short hair. I got the muscles.

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short look society hair

Use she, he, it, one, they. You could call me mow mow, and I honestly don't care. A pronoun is just a sound. All I'm listening for in that sound is positivity.

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me you care listening

I hope, by never hiding, I can show there is never anything to be ashamed of when we are being our true selves.

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true never i-can hope

I'm a proud woman. I'm a proud man. I'm a proud whatever people think I am.

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woman i-am man people

I grew up believing I was just an ugly girl.

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believing just ugly girl