his faces are pricesless.
Following this blog may be the greatest thing you have ever done
Summer Heights High was a guilty pleasure of mine.
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Sometimes,
when I look in the mirror I let society creep in and whisper it’s lies of hate and hurt. It tells me that I am not good enough, that my body isn’t ideal that my teeth aren’t straight enough of white enough. They tell me that my hair is too curly and my skin is imperfect. I am not good enough to be anything. “No matter how hard I try I’ll never be good enough.” Sadly, I let them go on and on for most of the day.
For example, if I see an attractive person, that voice in the back of my mind reminds me that they would never be attracted to me.
I’m not a fucking barbie.
But then I feel a flicker of strength and confidence. Its quiet at first, slowly rising inside me like the quiet before the storm. It soon washes away the whispers of criticism and the doubts I had in myself because of what I’m afraid other people will think. The torrent inside of me twists and crashes, reminding me that I am strong and beautiful. That I am a good person, that I am beautiful in every way. That I deserve the best and shouldn’t settle for anything less than I deserve.
Society should be ashamed of making anyone feel less than they are. Ashamed to make ANYONE feel like they are worthless if they don’t look like they belong in magazines with girls who are so air brushed that in real life they are unrecognizable. Why don’t they embrace what the world has to offer? Embrace beauty in every shape and form? Because they are too busy trying to herd us into a box to be labeled.
I use the term “society” loosely because I know that there are thousands, maybe even millions, of people out there who are accepting and can actually see the beauty in every person outside of what the media tells them is “beautiful.”
I believe it is time for change. More and more I see blogs about accepting yourself and realizing that you are beautiful and/or handsome. It overjoys me to see people truly loving themselves.
Please realize that you don’t have to change yourself to be beautiful. You’re perfect just the way you are. NO ONE has the right to tell you otherwise.
YOU ARE STUNNING.
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These are photos of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation: An Oglala Sioux Native American reservation located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Here men, women and children are forced to live in appalling poverty stricken conditions because of the neglect and ignorance of the Government whose members live in luxury while these people struggle in cramped conditions with little food and no running water. Many are unaware of this and others just choose to turn a blind eye but we need to get the truth out there and encourage more and more people worldwide to speak out against this as it’s completely disgusting and unacceptable for the U.S in today’s modern society. Reblog and help increase awareness and if you would like to help further you can find out more or make a donation here, every little bit counts. http://friendsofpineridgereservation.org/
INTERESTING, 15 NOTES.
AND YET, A PHOTO THAT I POSTED YESTERDAY OF A TACKY/RACIST BELLY RING HAS 3000.
Oh weetz, darling. Don’t you know that no one cares what out life is actually like? They just want to play pretend Indian.
Right? These Indians on the rez are the ICKY kind, not the COOL kind?!?!? /sarcasm
