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.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXl5U3A2X8
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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. 144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtErJmmkHB7
Her eyes still sparkle; that sense of youth twinkling like stars in the night sky.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp14L7YOH0M
Life is a little tough, but it's nothing that she can't handle. 144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ30Ys8G8LY
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.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeDQXZchHN
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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. 144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33MFO9eAI6
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.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24mBg72pj9
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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. 144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDweqb3zpEh
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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. 144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGlSiCZk1j
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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.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbu0qUbuuB8
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She looks.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWZCbJ7cJZ
The twinkle of her youth is gone.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUtHloSPSt
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Filled with bitterness and anger.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSkfuvYCHH
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Then reality strikes.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsK12xMCshb
Tears form in her eyes when the feeling hits.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPy39NyEMbm
The soul in her eyes tell her the truth about herself.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNL7TR5nPS
She's been the fake all along.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiCLlayXCQ
She looks in mirrors no more.144Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rodBcMfZX
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