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.901Please respect copyright.PENANAFPd66Nu5qt
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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. 901Please respect copyright.PENANAa5wQgLHzUj
Her eyes still sparkle; that sense of youth twinkling like stars in the night sky.901Please respect copyright.PENANACLIsSHOTw2
Life is a little tough, but it's nothing that she can't handle. 901Please respect copyright.PENANANM5mVK9HIa
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.901Please respect copyright.PENANAI6x7Q1yU1H
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Narcissistic901Please respect copyright.PENANAYPyBehbjwM
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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. 901Please respect copyright.PENANAhDsEIgrY4d
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.901Please respect copyright.PENANAuDjmM9ef2j
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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. 901Please respect copyright.PENANAA3UC0zCQfh
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. 901Please respect copyright.PENANAOft7vTvWoW
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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.901Please respect copyright.PENANANzEQTQXqFh
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She looks.901Please respect copyright.PENANAEoY1LyiuRg
The twinkle of her youth is gone.901Please respect copyright.PENANAR6wGg2On2j
Dull and faded.901Please respect copyright.PENANAiwr2fgijvq
Filled with bitterness and anger.901Please respect copyright.PENANA3qqubrma81
A sharpness that could shatter glass.901Please respect copyright.PENANAdxuyOG78Nj
Then reality strikes.901Please respect copyright.PENANAPO5PDIbNUj
Tears form in her eyes when the feeling hits.901Please respect copyright.PENANAPVIaJcJomw
The soul in her eyes tell her the truth about herself.901Please respect copyright.PENANAvoz4snxsqi
She's been the fake all along.901Please respect copyright.PENANA7x0BYncUse
She looks in mirrors no more.901Please respect copyright.PENANArrYr8Q37eX
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