Youthful eyes, bright with wonder and amazement stare back at the two year old as she discovers mirrors for the first time. She's happy and giggly as she plays with her reflection.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1clTZs2cif
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Once flawless skin has become covered in adolescent marks at the age of twelve. But she keeps looking in the mirror, seeing other parts of her that are still very pleasing. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBJ16k93oa
Her eyes still sparkle; that sense of youth twinkling like stars in the night sky.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sMPkqLmxY
Life is a little tough, but it's nothing that she can't handle. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxUtV6amGD
She continues to look in mirrors, grasping on to her self-esteem while others try to put her down. She won't let anyone tell her that she's unattractive. She doesn't believe them.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AGOhe03He
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Those were just some of the words she was called in High School at the age of seventeen. But in her mind, she's telling herself that she's beautiful, that what people say don't bug her. In reality, it's starting to get to her. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoODSnVV2ph
The constant noise of social media telling girls how they should look and act has become a virus; spreading from female to female. But she won't be like them. She won't give in to the false pretense of what beauty is.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWJh28barZ
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Twenty years old, she's living with some roommates; women who have their own independent thinking. They see the way she acts, the way she constantly looks in the mirror after classes. Hearing words she says to them, about how they're just like every other girl; fake. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1wKR1PpRB
They ask why she thinks like that; why she thinks that every girl is fake. She speaks of experience. She says that looking in mirrors and seeing how she looks keep her from giving in to false beliefs of beauty. Mirrors are her friends. 855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoJvomUvjh
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Twenty-one years old, sitting in a psychologists office and telling her story. The man across from her hands over a handheld mirror and asks what she sees in her eyes.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yMDUhTWWI
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She looks.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmM3UQB9GGO
The twinkle of her youth is gone.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbrQS4kQDo
Dull and faded.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMFRViC0yT
Filled with bitterness and anger.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtpuTePrfs
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Then reality strikes.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19gRoqhqTt
Tears form in her eyes when the feeling hits.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2Q6SF84JO
The soul in her eyes tell her the truth about herself.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49vzmlsG2B
She's been the fake all along.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RBWEyJ7lg
She looks in mirrors no more.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kwtECQkD1
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