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.923Please respect copyright.PENANALs9D9oHz7y
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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. 923Please respect copyright.PENANA2McYZ0ukgo
Her eyes still sparkle; that sense of youth twinkling like stars in the night sky.923Please respect copyright.PENANA71l1fTtL3l
Life is a little tough, but it's nothing that she can't handle. 923Please respect copyright.PENANAWg7OLKLzBV
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.923Please respect copyright.PENANAjAgKRY0ZrT
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Vain923Please respect copyright.PENANAf5AQJSAcpd
Narcissistic923Please respect copyright.PENANAVAt6FX1IvT
Arrogant923Please respect copyright.PENANAbLepJf6KGs
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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. 923Please respect copyright.PENANAgOlhwt5j6t
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.923Please respect copyright.PENANAOC53k3s2na
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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. 923Please respect copyright.PENANAgW4jIqmXWO
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. 923Please respect copyright.PENANAIhPwoIY4Ul
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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.923Please respect copyright.PENANAVIMgTZOX5x
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She looks.923Please respect copyright.PENANAPUTrAU5Hdk
The twinkle of her youth is gone.923Please respect copyright.PENANAJiEtfaRfBH
Dull and faded.923Please respect copyright.PENANAWrjCqKXLD2
Filled with bitterness and anger.923Please respect copyright.PENANALVvNLzn0Mw
A sharpness that could shatter glass.923Please respect copyright.PENANAu7cA7U51h4
Then reality strikes.923Please respect copyright.PENANAHwmhOckUAx
Tears form in her eyes when the feeling hits.923Please respect copyright.PENANAwYt24DcTCE
The soul in her eyes tell her the truth about herself.923Please respect copyright.PENANAmsiTlr86OH
She's been the fake all along.923Please respect copyright.PENANAkvxjAtfPie
She looks in mirrors no more.923Please respect copyright.PENANAAklwyxEp2s
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