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.938Please respect copyright.PENANA7Kia0wooMa
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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. 938Please respect copyright.PENANAR7HB5D1yjJ
Her eyes still sparkle; that sense of youth twinkling like stars in the night sky.938Please respect copyright.PENANADNFQl4mTLn
Life is a little tough, but it's nothing that she can't handle. 938Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZjWNBYDUz
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.938Please respect copyright.PENANAViQsyurNHJ
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Narcissistic938Please respect copyright.PENANAT2DFNjt78T
Arrogant938Please respect copyright.PENANAyOhwH3KH7O
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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. 938Please respect copyright.PENANAy8DM9evBhh
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.938Please respect copyright.PENANA41UjM9tJH0
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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. 938Please respect copyright.PENANAAYk3xVqx0B
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. 938Please respect copyright.PENANAucoRS4iIAH
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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.938Please respect copyright.PENANARbBadEoHd6
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She looks.938Please respect copyright.PENANAynLN7b9nrB
The twinkle of her youth is gone.938Please respect copyright.PENANAiodD5vLkjV
Dull and faded.938Please respect copyright.PENANAkQhs7E04hv
Filled with bitterness and anger.938Please respect copyright.PENANAP5gC6WTNeI
A sharpness that could shatter glass.938Please respect copyright.PENANASDazm8Gu7G
Then reality strikes.938Please respect copyright.PENANAvVUG26B3Ag
Tears form in her eyes when the feeling hits.938Please respect copyright.PENANAcJ4phgSMzc
The soul in her eyes tell her the truth about herself.938Please respect copyright.PENANAO4yKrbYrH7
She's been the fake all along.938Please respect copyright.PENANAF7V9ggXP92
She looks in mirrors no more.938Please respect copyright.PENANAWInqFwqyDO
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