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I am very tired right now. I don't know how writing this is going to go, but whatever. I'll try.
The media has convinced me that to be a "woman," I have to be skinny, yet curvy. I have to have beautiful hair that will always look nice, no matter what. I have to have a flawless face with no acne, no spots, just glowing, healthy skin. I have to be sexy. Basically, I have to look perfect. The thing is, perfection doesn't exist. I don't know how many times I've spent long periods of time staring at my reflection in the mirror, crying because I'm nothing like how I'm "supposed to be."
That's exactly the problem, though. People seem to think that if you don't look "perfect," you are worthless. I can't be the only one who has been brainwashed into thinking that. The media is powerful, convincing, deadly.
How many times have you seen an advertisement where the model is fat or heavy? Plus-size models are used frequently, but most of the women are skinnier models. We are convinced that we are supposed to look like them. However, if the average woman weighs somewhere around 160 pounds and wears a size 14, what does this say about us? Does it say that we are not beautiful? Are we not pretty?
The same thing goes for body hair. How many times do you see a model with body hair, whether it be unshaved legs or underarms, hair on their face, or on their stomach or other areas? We are told that we should be hairless on our bodies, when it really shouldn't matter if we are or not. Why can't we just let our hair grow and not have to worry about it? It surely would be a lot less trouble if we didn't have to shave our legs all of the time. Just saying.
The point is, we should just accept who we are and what we look like. Who cares if you have a little body hair, or stretch marks, or a nose the size of a tomato? It shouldn't matter if you weigh 90-pounds or 200-pounds. It shouldn't matter how you walk or what shoes you wear or whether you like dresses and jewelry or baggy clothes and trucks and playing in the mud. Think about it, which is worse: being who you are pretending to be someone you're not?
The media has convinced me that to be a "woman," I have to be skinny, yet curvy. I have to have beautiful hair that will always look nice, no matter what. I have to have a flawless face with no acne, no spots, just glowing, healthy skin. I have to be sexy. Basically, I have to look perfect. The thing is, perfection doesn't exist. I don't know how many times I've spent long periods of time staring at my reflection in the mirror, crying because I'm nothing like how I'm "supposed to be."
That's exactly the problem, though. People seem to think that if you don't look "perfect," you are worthless. I can't be the only one who has been brainwashed into thinking that. The media is powerful, convincing, deadly.
How many times have you seen an advertisement where the model is fat or heavy? Plus-size models are used frequently, but most of the women are skinnier models. We are convinced that we are supposed to look like them. However, if the average woman weighs somewhere around 160 pounds and wears a size 14, what does this say about us? Does it say that we are not beautiful? Are we not pretty?
The same thing goes for body hair. How many times do you see a model with body hair, whether it be unshaved legs or underarms, hair on their face, or on their stomach or other areas? We are told that we should be hairless on our bodies, when it really shouldn't matter if we are or not. Why can't we just let our hair grow and not have to worry about it? It surely would be a lot less trouble if we didn't have to shave our legs all of the time. Just saying.
The point is, we should just accept who we are and what we look like. Who cares if you have a little body hair, or stretch marks, or a nose the size of a tomato? It shouldn't matter if you weigh 90-pounds or 200-pounds. It shouldn't matter how you walk or what shoes you wear or whether you like dresses and jewelry or baggy clothes and trucks and playing in the mud. Think about it, which is worse: being who you are pretending to be someone you're not?
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Ugly
My eyebrows may not be perfectly arched,
My lips might look a little too parched,
My eyes could hold a tad too much fear,
My looks may not land me a modeling career,
My clothing sometimes doesnt follow the trend,
My personality, you may not comprehend,
My fingernail polish might slightly be chipped,
My life may not follow the teenager script,
My skin tone may seem a little too pale,
My habits might make me appear rather frail,
However, Id rather be ugly through and through,
If perfect meant I was just like you.
Literature
Society Is Ugly.
Society is ugly.
Not you.
Beauty is defined by
How you act.
Not by the number on the
Scale.
Starving doesn't work.
Purging doesn't work.
Pills don't work.
The girl you see
In the mirror is
Perfect
Just the way she is
Now.
Don't get upset because
You don't match up
To the media's
Expectations.
Cutting won't work.
Crying won't work.
Dying won't work.
Remember this:
Society is ugly.
Not you.
Literature
Rise Above
I can feel the bitter sting of another day spent wasted dwelling on what has gone,
Teased and tormented by the tragedies that seem to linger on too long,
I look out into the shadows left behind me,
Stare into the darkness and see the demons yet to find me,
And cry out to the sky, why did it all go so very wrong?
I stare into a candles flickering flame and dream of prayers and ancient spells,
Cursing, begging, pleading to unseen spirits to deliver me from my hell,
My eyes are trapped inside the dancing shadows,
Instead of focusing on the flames ebbs and flows,
The haunting doubts linger on, the fears I just can't seem to quell.
Every kiss co
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I'm very tired. And sick.
I was supposed to write something short that showed my opinons about something so I guess this will work? I don't know and I'm too tired to care. The title is awful but whatever.
I wrote something. I'm done. Bye.
Edit:
I don't hate skinny women.
I personally find skinnier bodies more attractive.
I don't judge by weight, I judge by personality.
I also think healthy is beautiful..
I'm not trying to be mean or anything but don't eat McDonald's for every meal and not exercise at all and try to blame genetics for making you larger...
I'm very tired. And sick.
I was supposed to write something short that showed my opinons about something so I guess this will work? I don't know and I'm too tired to care. The title is awful but whatever.
I wrote something. I'm done. Bye.
Edit:
I don't hate skinny women.
I personally find skinnier bodies more attractive.
I don't judge by weight, I judge by personality.
I also think healthy is beautiful..
I'm not trying to be mean or anything but don't eat McDonald's for every meal and not exercise at all and try to blame genetics for making you larger...
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I often feel the urge to shave up my hairs and cut myself a scar on my cheek.... Maybe a pretty pattern... I just want to show everyone, i shit on toxic femininity. Im so fed up by not allowed to be myself, or that our bodys belong the society instead of usself! 😡