This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SMCVT chapter.

ALL ABOUT THE BODY:

1) Rupi Kaur- I’m Taking My Body Back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlToQQfSlLA&t=434s

“I realized that the reason I wasn’t homesick was because for me home, was wherever I was.”

2) Ashley Graham- Plus-Size? More Like My Size

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAgawjzimjc

“Be your favorite kind of woman. Don’t let anyone else take that job. And remember, this is the generation of body diversity. The current is changing.”

3) Kelli Jean Drinkwater- Fear of Fat: The Real Elephant in the Room

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXGwJevjOfs

“A person that simply refuses to subscribe to the dominant narrative about how I should move through the world in this body of mine. And I’m not alone.”

4) Iskra Lawrence- Ending the Pursuit of Perfection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR_hq7OVzHU

“We need to be taught how to look after ourselves mentally, physically, and emotionally.”

5) Amy Cuddy- Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc

“When you pretend to be powerful you are more likely to actually feel powerful.”

MIND:

6) Sarah Knight- The Magic of Not Giving a Fuck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwRzjFQa_Og

“I call it the not sorry method. It has two steps. Step one: decide what you don’t give a fuck about. Step two: don’t give a fuck about those things.”

7) Lori Harder- Turn Your Struggles Into Strengths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZE7V-UL5zA

“What happened to that awesome kid? Where did they go? What events caused so much pain and resistance that you actually started to consciously abstain from being yourself?”

8) Kelly McGonigal- How to Make Stress Your Friend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcGyVTAoXEU&t=635s

“Over the 8 years they were tracking deaths, 182,000 Americans died prematurely not from stress but from the belief that stress is bad for you.”

9) Amy Morin- The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFbv757kup4

“Knowing it and doing it can be two very different things.”

10) Mel Robbins- How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp7E973zozc

“If you’re amazing, say you’re amazing. Tell the truth.”

EQUALITY:

11) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie- We Should All Be Feminists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3umXU_qWc

“We have evolved. But it seems to me our ideas of gender have not evolved.”

(You may recognize this from Beyonce’s Flawless video)

12) Leezia Dhalla- Hiding in Plain Sight: My Life as an Undocumented American

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBoBC3nBoFs

“It’s hard to keep your head down and your chin up at the same time.”

13) Theo E.J Wilson- A Black Man Goes Undercover in the Alt-Right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqUaEJLfrLo

“As I drew my sword to engage in epic battles in the comments section I also began to notice that a few of my trolls actually had brains.”

MISCELLANEOUS

14) Phil Hansen- Embrace the Shake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrZTho_o_is

“Embracing a limitation could actually drive creativity.”

15) Suzi Vaughan- Fashion Your Future: Think More Like a Fashion Designer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkjNxCzBUqQ

“Whilst it’s never been easier to access information and connect to people, what we often do with that possibility is to access information that we know we’re already interested in and connect to people that share similar passions and likes.”