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.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAR5BsYeeTsB
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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. 1105Please respect copyright.PENANA5jOHvzZ9iD
Her eyes still sparkle; that sense of youth twinkling like stars in the night sky.1105Please respect copyright.PENANApGO7cmrPhT
Life is a little tough, but it's nothing that she can't handle. 1105Please respect copyright.PENANAgv51PmVZzk
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.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAWM9Bc4Fc2c
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Vain1105Please respect copyright.PENANAR5HGruqTxu
Narcissistic1105Please respect copyright.PENANALy1ceUvI1J
Arrogant1105Please respect copyright.PENANAuNzXHXqtVF
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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. 1105Please respect copyright.PENANAW2Vfe3bnDo
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.1105Please respect copyright.PENANA9VaczMdgDK
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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. 1105Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZWWmwtV2b
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. 1105Please respect copyright.PENANAvqeQ8DG0tX
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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.1105Please respect copyright.PENANA6o4AnHCRUb
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She looks.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAsxklJdySgS
The twinkle of her youth is gone.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAAPmX47pELF
Dull and faded.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAGAaRlMtK6H
Filled with bitterness and anger.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAwtjnsOjpce
A sharpness that could shatter glass.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAkHM8viA8Ir
Then reality strikes.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAi8oJTWeGqu
Tears form in her eyes when the feeling hits.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAJY9E7Y6zeA
The soul in her eyes tell her the truth about herself.1105Please respect copyright.PENANABykVm9CJF3
She's been the fake all along.1105Please respect copyright.PENANAiOFz1f5EYj
She looks in mirrors no more.1105Please respect copyright.PENANALwGaWHOFsT
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