Is the sheer number of them.

Of beautiful, brilliant females who look in the mirror and cringe.

Who hate what they see.

Who despise the shape of their bodies, the cut of their hair, the size of their lips.

It's not as disgusting as it is just plain sad.

I am not a feministic cow.

But I do firmly believe we are targets of the media and our emotions are played with. It's sad that such a powerful force, womankind, should be so easily manipulable because all of us, without fail, have such poor self esteem. All of us have felt bitter, and unhappy about our personal image, and if you're a girl and haven't, you're either some super brand of alpha female....

Or you're a dirty liar.

Why is it that we allow so much to influence the way we feel about ourselves? I mean, we all speak of and stand for not allowing anyone to tell us what to think, yet an we constantly do just that.

Don't believe me?

"I'm so happy with my curves". No, sweetie, NO. Guys don't dig fat girls!

"Lost all that weight, guys, this is great!" Oh, come on, girlfriend, sticks are hideous. CURVES ARE ALL THE RAGE!

And likewise, curly-haired girls get told straight hair gets the guys, straight haired girls clamour for curls because they get told the exact opposite.

I guess the reason I find it so frustrating is because I've seen such wonderful examples of the the female race completely hate themselves....and heck, I've hated the way I look too.

We all just have to remember that we'll never actually be happy with the way we look unless we realize that somewhere, out there, SOMEONE thinks we're absolutely beautiful. Beauty may not be entirely in the eye of the beholder, some people will ALWAYS be prettier than others, and other people will always be prettier than them.

I think you're absolutely beautiful.

Queen Sana at 8:29 PM