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.828Please respect copyright.PENANAsVzYJXSYcB
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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. 828Please respect copyright.PENANAXkmzL3wEpH
Her eyes still sparkle; that sense of youth twinkling like stars in the night sky.828Please respect copyright.PENANApW8ITWzrsr
Life is a little tough, but it's nothing that she can't handle. 828Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9zlQQDwJe
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.828Please respect copyright.PENANADOhX5VIOkH
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Vain828Please respect copyright.PENANAJdtYZiICzm
Narcissistic828Please respect copyright.PENANApsj8j46Ct8
Arrogant828Please respect copyright.PENANA6Yziu6ivmd
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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. 828Please respect copyright.PENANATB3Cgmy0DA
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.828Please respect copyright.PENANA6D7YiBvyqj
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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. 828Please respect copyright.PENANA76dX9MIQWF
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. 828Please respect copyright.PENANAkFfoKoZjEr
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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.828Please respect copyright.PENANAle1ddObf1s
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She looks.828Please respect copyright.PENANAG5zXfLSGWb
The twinkle of her youth is gone.828Please respect copyright.PENANAgiwfjunruo
Dull and faded.828Please respect copyright.PENANASE6GMwD73b
Filled with bitterness and anger.828Please respect copyright.PENANAbOAnknaOt5
A sharpness that could shatter glass.828Please respect copyright.PENANAny1difbmQL
Then reality strikes.828Please respect copyright.PENANA9v20DMRNCE
Tears form in her eyes when the feeling hits.828Please respect copyright.PENANAxbmtXPT5HM
The soul in her eyes tell her the truth about herself.828Please respect copyright.PENANACRb5ooac0y
She's been the fake all along.828Please respect copyright.PENANAxvvqCGcGAU
She looks in mirrors no more.828Please respect copyright.PENANA6gE2MkKVUU
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