For many years now, I feel like my own body struggle has been linked and connected with women I meet in the world. I think we're in this together.
It's an honor to be the voice for girls who are not scared and who want to have someone to connect with.
I grew up with a single mother who brought us up. I always look back at my career, and everything that has happened to me is because of the support of women. My mother, my sister, Michelle Obama, Kate Middleton - all these women have believed in my designs and worn them and given me a platform to increase my visibility.
At the end of the day I'm just Linda, and Linda is a single professional woman, and a lot of women can relate to what I talk about.
I've realized how important it is to have women in your life. You get to a certain age where you're like, 'I need women around.'
Generally, I liked feeling able to connect with millions of women on a very deep level. It felt special that women especially would cut out my strip and place it on a refrigerator.
I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
By the time I was 29 I'd spent eight years with someone else's group of friends. I had no idea what it was like to be a woman with mates of her own to socialize with.
Its hard, its almost natural, not to hate, but to think, 'I'm better than you, so I can't work with you' that's the status quo of how females act. I don't want it to be like that; that's why I like working with other females.
I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!
I am one of three sisters and went to an all-girls grammar school so I'm used to being around girls.
A lot of my female fans discovered me through the passion I have for bettering myself. Not to say the dudes don't, but my female fan-base is based off women who want to do better.
I just try not to label myself in any way. I just have an allergy to labels in general. I can tell you that I am surrounded by very strong women and that I really appreciate that, but I'd rather not label myself.
Women need a space that quenches their intellectual hunger, engages and empowers them with relatable content.
All the women close to me - my mother, sister, wife and friends - are strong and independent.
I have such a strong belief in women's ability to sustain each other.
As a female, you either have a whole bunch of female friends or none.
I was really lucky because I went to an all-girl school, and that single-sex education really helped me because I really learned to bond with women and to not compete with or compare myself as much because we were all allowed to be ourselves and be unique and kind of have our unique strengths.
