And I spent most of my life thinking there was something deeply wrong with me.

So, I sought validation and constantly outsourced my sense of worthiness to others.

It was only when I started doing the real work that I realised the lies we’re told to keep us small and compliant, and the ways they destroy our lives.

I watched incredible women apologise for themselves in every moment.

This isn’t just a me thing, I realised. This is endemic; we’ve all just got really good at pretending. 

Beyond Palatable: A Manifesto for Unapologetic Women is for all of the women who have shrunk themselves to fit in. For us, our younger selves and the girls who are growing up in a world of filters, loud expectations and conflicting messages about what it means to be a woman.