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.334Please respect copyright.PENANAUXr2J7Z0x1
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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. 334Please respect copyright.PENANA9CCHm3Qvh6
Her eyes still sparkle; that sense of youth twinkling like stars in the night sky.334Please respect copyright.PENANAn6E8XRBEbS
Life is a little tough, but it's nothing that she can't handle. 334Please respect copyright.PENANAlr9ScRhdjg
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.334Please respect copyright.PENANAnufO4jdBlJ
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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. 334Please respect copyright.PENANAUnZpRJsw73
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.334Please respect copyright.PENANAN9ezGhHOFu
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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. 334Please respect copyright.PENANA3HSn2AKJKY
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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. 334Please respect copyright.PENANAOHJKrQvKMy
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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.334Please respect copyright.PENANAGjhIrRGPux
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She looks.334Please respect copyright.PENANA0cOOTkBxzr
The twinkle of her youth is gone.334Please respect copyright.PENANAKlR2dcfMvh
Dull and faded.334Please respect copyright.PENANAzbQfelf45C
Filled with bitterness and anger.334Please respect copyright.PENANAJtL1rwNkNg
A sharpness that could shatter glass.334Please respect copyright.PENANATautHVSbwg
Then reality strikes.334Please respect copyright.PENANAwkEmpNTeqj
Tears form in her eyes when the feeling hits.334Please respect copyright.PENANA4v2vwy5sKP
The soul in her eyes tell her the truth about herself.334Please respect copyright.PENANABiEuc2lIvF
She's been the fake all along.334Please respect copyright.PENANA5J57T8pvqs
She looks in mirrors no more.334Please respect copyright.PENANADWdDfWHfgb
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