Comments on: Everyone is beautiful

By: amy

amy — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:50:19 +0000

this is beautiful, and i agree with every word. thank you for articulating my exact thoughts!

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By: Audi

Audi — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:49 +0000

What an amazing post! Thank you for reminding us that even the most gorgeous women — like you! — still struggle with their own perceived flaws.
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By: Shelley

Shelley — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:00:13 +0000

I enjoy your blog very much, and found this post very inspiring. Almost every woman I know has struggled with issues of not feeling beautiful, or measuring up to the idea of beauty that we see in the media every day. I was a quiet, awkward, unpopular child, but now that I’m in my late 40’s, the quiet, geeky child has become a mostly-confident, outgoing, and interesting woman who has learned to accept that she will never be “pretty”, but she’s learned to work with what she has, which is an eye for style and a love of self-expression through what I wear. I don’t concern myself with what others think about me or my life choices, which is another benefit of maturity. Part of the message I try to convey through my street-style blog is that true style (and beauty) is confidence, being comfortable in your own skin and not being afraid to show yourself to the world, naysayers be damned!
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By: LF

LF — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:56:52 +0000

Reading this was absolutely amazing. I have insecurities like any 16 year old girl does nowadays ,but after reading this I realize that being self-concious all the time might be what’s holding me back.
Thanks for such an inspiring piece of writing
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By: alexandra

alexandra — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:52:33 +0000

What a timely article for me! I identify personally with much of what you say – I was always “the fun one” too, and had a boy at 19 tell me “you’d be a knockout if you just put a some effort into it”. Thanks, sir, I spent the next 10 years or so trying to figure out the “knockout” look, through ups and downs in weight, and life, only to realize finally that the person I see in the mirror is me – right here, right now. That whatever I do that might improve my looks goes along with what *my* idea of beauty is. I might not look the same as the years go by, but every time i look in the mirror, I can say that *whatever* my appearance is at the moment (the future is now, and now, and now…) I possess an inner beauty that shows through, conveying a sense of pride that I know who I am – I’m a woman on a journey, always changing evolving Holding on or letting go as needed. Continually ready to take in and savor all of life’s luscious details, and the real beauty I possess is not really a measurable, aesthetic quality, but a part of me that transcends such things, something I know I’ll still see in myself when I look in the mirror when I’m 80, or even if I never look in a mirror again.

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By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:29:36 +0000

I love this article. I actually just posted a similar one on body image the other day… also featuring a world-class douchebag! It’s astounding how thoughtless or heartless some guys can be! It’s even more astounding how hard it is to let their words go, even after writing the jerk off as a total ass!