Girls with
short hair are pretty. Girls with long hair are pretty. Tall girls are pretty.
Shorts girls are pretty. Skinny girls are pretty. Not skinny girls are pretty.
Every single girl is pretty and I’m getting really sick and tired of people
saying you have to look a certain way in order to “fit the mold” and be what
everyone else considers “pretty”. It’s not fair.
I know that
this is a very talked about topic right now, and I don’t want to bore anybody
out of their minds by reading the same thing that they’ve seen over and over.
I’ve seen
the videos proven that models are photo shopped. I’ve seen the ads that speak
to millions when they say “even the girl in the magazine doesn’t look like the
girl in the magazine”. And yes, I HAVE
seen people that walk past me and I think, “she’s perfect, I feel so disgusting
about myself”. I’ve seen, heard, and felt it all. I’m no stranger to the scene of
insecurity.
But I’ve
recently had a revelation myself. My weights fluctuates like the temperatures in
northern Wisconsin. One day it will be fifty degrees, the next it will be below
freezing. There’s no steadiness there at all. Even though my body changes like
the seasons, I need to stay confident about it all the time.
I know. It’s
so hard. BEING A GIRL IS HARD.
First of
all, we’ve got a lot more going on than boys do, and isn’t it scientifically
proven that us women are some of the strongest people on earth?? There is no
way in heaven that a man could go through what we do. I think that’s
scientifically proven too... or something like that.
Anywho,
since girls are straight up awesome, we should all be pretty confident, shouldn’t
we? Heck we can get away with a lot. Here’s a short list:
1.
We can wear guy clothes and look pretty hot. If
guys wear girls’ clothes, we question things.
2.
That time of the month thing can really be a
pain, but we can eat chocolate for a week and no one bats and eye.
3.
Dark eye circles? Bruises? Zits? We got
concealer for that. Again, a guy wears makeup, we begin to question.
4.
Our faces do not need to be shaved.
5.
It is always socially acceptable for us to bring
a stuffed animal to bed, no matter our age.
6.
If we kind of flip our hair and shake our butts
we look like we know how to dance, when we really have no idea what we’re
doing.
7.
Back to the time of the month thing, we can
blame EVERYTHING on that. Cranky? Tired? Angry? Don’t want to talk to anyone? …blame
it on your monthly cycle.
8.
Boys bring us flowers and chocolates to make us
happy.
9.
We don’t need to use stupid pick-up lines, we
just kind of do that duck face thing and maybe wink and we hook the bait.
10.
We get to wear dresses, and let’s face it, it’s
so easy to wear a dress. It looks like we took the time to get ready, when
really we just threw one thing on and walked out the door.
11.
We don’t have to stuff boxers into our jeans..
Isn’t that kind of hard to do?
12.
If we’re short, we have the miraculous product
of platform heals.
13.
We live longer than men… 7 years on average. Beat
that.
Given these thirteen reasons to bow down, people should really realize how awesome we are. (I have
nothing against men, they are wonderful beings but...) women are amazing and we
need to realize this. The number on the tag of our jeans, on the screen of the
scale, on the back of our shirts, doesn’t mean a thing. What does matter is what we can do with our
lives. We can do anything we want if we set our minds to it. Anything at all.
Let’s become
scientists, astronauts, doctors, personal trainers, models, dancers,
pharmacists, super stars, truck drivers, ballerinas, professional sports
players, fashion designers, inventors… we can be anybody we want.
If someone
tries to put you down because you’re “too big” or your “hair is too short” or
something else completely stupid and irrelevant, just walk away. You don’t ever
need that kind of negativity in your life. The only opinion that matters right
now is yours. Love the body you have; love your hair, love your eyes, love your
smile, love your belly, love your legs, love your feet and your toes. Love
yourself!!
Don’t rely
on the love and acceptance of others in order to feel happy with yourself. God
gave you a beautiful body, respect it.
You want to
look better? Hit the gym! Eat healthy! Show love to your body instead of sitting
around wishing you looked different. Change is in your hands, you possess the
power to change anything you want, including yourself. So let’s quit putting
others down and start building ourselves up.
You’re all
beautiful. I can promise you that.
-Madeline
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