Chandra Mayor, 32, Winnipeg. "My current body makes me feel safe."

Amalia Tweedie, 13, Halifax. "If I'm going somewhere I'm not sure about, I try not to wear shoes I can't run in."

Jody Hudey, 20, Winnipeg. "I started fights too. I always thought I had a good reason."

Julie Cunningham, 32, Toronto. "You don't like it? Don't look! You're missing one hell of a good person."

Griselda Manning, 54 , Halifax. "I work in dirt, old clothes every day, and belly dancing adds a bit of glamour to my life."

Claire Lamarre, 55, Quebec City. "I started to appreciate my femininity when I was thirteen, when a man first whistled at me."

Magalie Massey, 13, Victoriaville, Quebec. "There are rules: skirts to the knee, T-shirts for the most part."

Melissa Finch, 24, Toronto. "What I wear all depends on how I'm feeling."

Molly Austen, 83, Halifax. "I never could understand what all the fuss was about women's liberation."