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.899Please respect copyright.PENANAre2KZBcKyM
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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. 899Please respect copyright.PENANAill2xxkQ6Y
Her eyes still sparkle; that sense of youth twinkling like stars in the night sky.899Please respect copyright.PENANApl41b3YhPJ
Life is a little tough, but it's nothing that she can't handle. 899Please respect copyright.PENANABFUjA8PeuR
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.899Please respect copyright.PENANAQGyXNySwkZ
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Vain899Please respect copyright.PENANAJbCOSdk4DE
Narcissistic899Please respect copyright.PENANAOq7kLfkgnS
Arrogant899Please respect copyright.PENANA9cwI40CU4z
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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. 899Please respect copyright.PENANArPYTljgKKw
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.899Please respect copyright.PENANAx3wE2R9QRG
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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. 899Please respect copyright.PENANAq1VeXQgJhE
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. 899Please respect copyright.PENANAk6iELDibNJ
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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.899Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZgJXHPSSD
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She looks.899Please respect copyright.PENANAk7bM5Sz6Ck
The twinkle of her youth is gone.899Please respect copyright.PENANABd0PzD75yD
Dull and faded.899Please respect copyright.PENANAWgjNu4cYer
Filled with bitterness and anger.899Please respect copyright.PENANAdDqaX4dfGr
A sharpness that could shatter glass.899Please respect copyright.PENANA5Wm8sTOUz9
Then reality strikes.899Please respect copyright.PENANAav1mvppOyt
Tears form in her eyes when the feeling hits.899Please respect copyright.PENANACjFd5DdVQT
The soul in her eyes tell her the truth about herself.899Please respect copyright.PENANAfscM1LSU7o
She's been the fake all along.899Please respect copyright.PENANAYDVsmUlJWq
She looks in mirrors no more.899Please respect copyright.PENANA26EcSJ3WVX
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