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Artist Marilyn Minter on Why Women Need to "Stop Apologizing" for Creating Their Vision

What would happen if women created more of the fashion and beauty images we see? In Glamour’s February issue, we set out to do just that: Every story and every photo, from first page to last, was created by women. In our Powered by Women issue, we turn the spotlight on seven boundary-pushing creatives who are depicting the world as they see it—and let us tell you, that world looks spectacular. See all the stories in our Powered by Women issue here.
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“There’s nothing realistic about traditional [beauty standards], and yet we fall for them!” says Minter, who challenges those stereotypes with her work, like the above photograph of artist Wangechi Mutu, Wangechi Gold 6.Gold: “Wangechi Gold 6,” 2009, C-Print by Marilyn Minter/Courtesy of Salon 94 & Regen Projects

What would happen if women created more of the fashion and beauty images we see? In Glamour’s February issue, we set out to do just that: Every story and every photo, from first page to last, was created by women. In our Powered by Women issue, we turn the spotlight on seven boundary-pushing creatives who are depicting the world as they see it—and let us tell you, that world looks spectacular. See all the stories in our Powered by Women issue here.

It used to be that you were either a good girl or a bad girl in our culture, and it’s such bullshit. This new inclusionary feminism is no longer about young white women of privilege. And we need to accept women in powerful positions. If women were running things, we’d see a broader range of ages and body types—and powerful women who are not afraid to create their vision and stop apologizing for it.

Marilyn Minter is a photographer and artist whose work has appeared everywhere from the Museum of Modern Art in New York City to Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain. Follow her @marilynminter.