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.479Please respect copyright.PENANAooOvX9g7Ha
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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. 479Please respect copyright.PENANAZIQJMXnY9g
Her eyes still sparkle; that sense of youth twinkling like stars in the night sky.479Please respect copyright.PENANAKmYJW2LyW0
Life is a little tough, but it's nothing that she can't handle. 479Please respect copyright.PENANAlk8FH221Fd
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.479Please respect copyright.PENANAyGMZ4U5SwJ
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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. 479Please respect copyright.PENANAwF58AfdZQd
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.479Please respect copyright.PENANAftOrIooYEL
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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. 479Please respect copyright.PENANAneIFLRjFe3
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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. 479Please respect copyright.PENANAtv2BJXw21u
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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.479Please respect copyright.PENANAu6IlLhNLWv
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She looks.479Please respect copyright.PENANAKw5oVfz50Y
The twinkle of her youth is gone.479Please respect copyright.PENANAWGtL7qsfEE
Dull and faded.479Please respect copyright.PENANAx513VNJXjg
Filled with bitterness and anger.479Please respect copyright.PENANAfJVou5qYZH
A sharpness that could shatter glass.479Please respect copyright.PENANAudDv5kk1LQ
Then reality strikes.479Please respect copyright.PENANAaBwh5YDgeH
Tears form in her eyes when the feeling hits.479Please respect copyright.PENANAJtZ5zM4KfV
The soul in her eyes tell her the truth about herself.479Please respect copyright.PENANAUCuEKtwQsv
She's been the fake all along.479Please respect copyright.PENANAnHTPUFzs1D
She looks in mirrors no more.479Please respect copyright.PENANABvVDXqM33S
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