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.553Please respect copyright.PENANAj5DIafYVHw
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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. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAYxx9V0eAq1
Her eyes still sparkle; that sense of youth twinkling like stars in the night sky.553Please respect copyright.PENANABELieL3opn
Life is a little tough, but it's nothing that she can't handle. 553Please respect copyright.PENANA7cDvt8VYHw
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.553Please respect copyright.PENANAY6a7df86EL
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Narcissistic553Please respect copyright.PENANA4FFahsQTH3
Arrogant553Please respect copyright.PENANAt4vK4rNMRV
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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. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAUwFYuT4MFK
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.553Please respect copyright.PENANAqMqXEtrvg8
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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. 553Please respect copyright.PENANA6vsif6dyp9
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. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAxCnbW9y6Fv
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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.553Please respect copyright.PENANAl361oCbHYv
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She looks.553Please respect copyright.PENANAjrQifKUtw5
The twinkle of her youth is gone.553Please respect copyright.PENANAPg0INHxUJo
Dull and faded.553Please respect copyright.PENANAFksKVC10TX
Filled with bitterness and anger.553Please respect copyright.PENANApaZ4WM2fdb
A sharpness that could shatter glass.553Please respect copyright.PENANA6DACvgHZfz
Then reality strikes.553Please respect copyright.PENANAS1XZDGluri
Tears form in her eyes when the feeling hits.553Please respect copyright.PENANAkRnaex8nvf
The soul in her eyes tell her the truth about herself.553Please respect copyright.PENANAJiE5Ep4qnC
She's been the fake all along.553Please respect copyright.PENANAIpGqSonDlj
She looks in mirrors no more.553Please respect copyright.PENANAnwyu9h1b6N
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