Women's emotions are constantly labeled. Any slight deviation from 'pleasantness,' and we are labeled as hysterical. When we are angry, sad, depressed, or manic, we are immediately seen as unfeminine or ugly or weak.
I remember reading the cruelest, most awful thing about my hair online. A person speculated about who I was as a person and even read into my personal life based solely off my hairstyle. He or she said I must be lazy because I have short hair. It was just devastating.
Words like 'bossy,' 'shrill,' and 'moody' are used to describe women who speak up at work and give voice to their passion - but I believe this negative commentary is meant to keep critical thinkers quiet.
The haters want to hate. They want to talk about this and talk about that. We don't even acknowledge it.
People are like, 'What is your whole obsession with butterflies?' I'm like, 'I'm not obsessed. I like them. Can't anybody like something?'
I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I'm crazy.
I know nothing more annoying when people I don't know jump to conclusions on my person based on nothing but gossip or speculation.
I'm very confident. Even when I read people saying horrible stuff about my weight.
I know first-hand what it's like to be judged and to have someone criticise your creativity, your hard work and your art.
The biggest critics are in the comments online. People are so judgmental of me. It's like, 'Why is she wearing this?' or 'Why isn't she wearing that?' or 'Why does she talk like that?' That's the worst because they're judging for no reason.
I'm stunned at some of the stuff Johnny Miller comes out with sometimes. He is very harsh and frankly I find some of the stuff he sees very disrespectful.
The public doesn't care about my size. It's just something for the media to talk about.
I know how people see me. People see me as a rebel. People see me as maybe even ignorant. People see me as a threat or rude or whatever. It's a lot of people who just don't know me.
It's one thing to evaluate a woman's work. it's another thing to say, 'Your hair was this; your makeup was that.'
I don't really know what 'a dark place' means. I have windows in my house, and I'm generally an upbeat person! A lot of people throw that word at me because I wear a lot of black and leather.
I used to be offended when people would compare me to Erykah Badu. Because I'm black, thick, and have large lips? There's nothing similar about us whatsoever, and I felt very disrespected by the fact that people needed to pigeonhole me. I wasn't even raised on Erykah Badu!
When I first started doing press, one of the things people started pushing was this idea that I'd somehow escaped something. And I was really offended, because I hadn't escaped anything.
I always feel like I've been slightly misunderstood. As a woman, you get judged for appearances or things like that I don't really care about.
It's been so difficult to watch people criticize me and my intentions.
You feel hurt when you hear things which you are supposed to have said, which you wouldn't even have given a thought to.
People are so opinionated about things, and they don't even know what they're talking about, or can't even do it themselves.
The second you become an actress, people take the licence to make many assumptions about you. You're in trouble if you interact with a director/actor. You're in even more trouble if you don't. When I started out, a single YouTube comment would make me sad for days, and I'd wonder how people could say such nasty things about me.
Don't attack a girl because you see one photo of her and a guy in public.
It is quite hurtful when people make a judgement without even really watching me and saying things like, 'I'm not watching if she's on' or 'I don't like change.'
This is the only country in the world where you can be criticised for trying too hard. That's a put-down in London.
