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.953Please respect copyright.PENANAraa98KhwPS
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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. 953Please respect copyright.PENANA8eaBM1V6tm
Her eyes still sparkle; that sense of youth twinkling like stars in the night sky.953Please respect copyright.PENANA4GOgRztJ41
Life is a little tough, but it's nothing that she can't handle. 953Please respect copyright.PENANAwyde0Nslyf
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.953Please respect copyright.PENANAexEm2ixQtM
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Vain953Please respect copyright.PENANAXBCPOjg41J
Narcissistic953Please respect copyright.PENANAZOKBAaGmoI
Arrogant953Please respect copyright.PENANAAo1AJqRt8C
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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. 953Please respect copyright.PENANAYETb3WwOnP
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.953Please respect copyright.PENANA8QifI0SDHJ
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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. 953Please respect copyright.PENANAKkN63a6q2h
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. 953Please respect copyright.PENANAVt2U2K6rki
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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.953Please respect copyright.PENANAlqC2jSp0Qx
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She looks.953Please respect copyright.PENANALCSq8vqDCL
The twinkle of her youth is gone.953Please respect copyright.PENANAQCRy6CKdWu
Dull and faded.953Please respect copyright.PENANAid2PcCb2QQ
Filled with bitterness and anger.953Please respect copyright.PENANA7yNTe8DdFK
A sharpness that could shatter glass.953Please respect copyright.PENANAUxlFI7uxIT
Then reality strikes.953Please respect copyright.PENANAb2lBVgunL3
Tears form in her eyes when the feeling hits.953Please respect copyright.PENANASRdsM5MXoh
The soul in her eyes tell her the truth about herself.953Please respect copyright.PENANA7tFY056hVz
She's been the fake all along.953Please respect copyright.PENANAMV3pfy2Pdp
She looks in mirrors no more.953Please respect copyright.PENANABkftR2ZH8U
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