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.829Please respect copyright.PENANAKAgjO0YYRU
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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. 829Please respect copyright.PENANAw00fzifxtz
Her eyes still sparkle; that sense of youth twinkling like stars in the night sky.829Please respect copyright.PENANASDBC3TeXXp
Life is a little tough, but it's nothing that she can't handle. 829Please respect copyright.PENANAYTN4W1fFfW
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.829Please respect copyright.PENANADJ53gzKZgL
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Vain829Please respect copyright.PENANA52snkNnHzE
Narcissistic829Please respect copyright.PENANA3iCjea2S3q
Arrogant829Please respect copyright.PENANAjeNYsEKCSl
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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. 829Please respect copyright.PENANApGysp3NNps
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.829Please respect copyright.PENANA2wcU5oOrtI
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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. 829Please respect copyright.PENANA6WBajitDpD
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. 829Please respect copyright.PENANAKdtIbxUsaD
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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.829Please respect copyright.PENANAT6tnwAXgLr
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She looks.829Please respect copyright.PENANAQqZilXZfoa
The twinkle of her youth is gone.829Please respect copyright.PENANAd23m5WNL3l
Dull and faded.829Please respect copyright.PENANAUDifhVO9Vo
Filled with bitterness and anger.829Please respect copyright.PENANAAsXuRbdNge
A sharpness that could shatter glass.829Please respect copyright.PENANAg4kI9uZtGF
Then reality strikes.829Please respect copyright.PENANA8iZPUTd0wy
Tears form in her eyes when the feeling hits.829Please respect copyright.PENANAlyALrXfprO
The soul in her eyes tell her the truth about herself.829Please respect copyright.PENANADvgxSzmpVL
She's been the fake all along.829Please respect copyright.PENANABiseriFkYp
She looks in mirrors no more.829Please respect copyright.PENANAkEwjFPDiBj
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