On 11 July 2015, Mitski (@mitskileaks on Twitter) posted:

lately realized my long obsession w beauty is a symptom of the trauma of being powerless + the 1 way I saw women gain power was thru beauty.

On 11 June 2017, she posted:

so much moral value placed on physical beauty. so much of beauty attained w . sad i still want to b pretty.

On 21 May 2017, she posted:

wow i spent my body’s most adaptive+resilient years treating it like it’s an evil virus, what a waste! shoulda gone dancing+climbed mountains