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When Looking Your Best Means Doing Your Worst

November 25, 2010
By FuzzyBunnyGirl BRONZE, Hitchcock, Oklahoma
FuzzyBunnyGirl BRONZE, Hitchcock, Oklahoma
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What has become of teenagers today? Are they truly so obsessed with personal image that they starve, hurt, or even kill themselves to fit societies standards?
What ever happened to, “You can’t judge a book by its cover,” or, “It’s what’s on the inside that counts?” They have vanished. Vanished into the chaos of self-obsession. They have drowned in the depths of fashion magazines. Personality doesn’t matter anymore to most. You’re pretty? You’re my best friend! You’re ugly? Oh, stay away from me!
And now, go get a magazine. Seventeen, Vogue, I really don’t care what one you get: just make sure it is a fashion magazine. Look at the models. Now, Google images of starving orphans in Haiti. See any resemblance? Maybe the hollow, hungry looks in their eyes? Maybe the stick thin boniness? Maybe the yearning in their expressions for something more, more substantial than fame or a stick hut?
They (the models) are the ones who set the “standards.” But, who says you have to fit to their standards. Why don’t you try to fit to your own? It may be harder than succumbing, but it’s so much more rewarding. With what? Your personality. Your own, beautiful face. Your future. Your life.


The author's comments:
Read this. Live it. Learn it. And please, love this and love yourselves. You're awesome.

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on Dec. 11 2010 at 1:33 pm
FuzzyBunnyGirl BRONZE, Hitchcock, Oklahoma
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Thanks! I just had to vent on this. It seems to be happening everywhere today.

on Dec. 10 2010 at 11:27 pm
SpringRayyn PLATINUM, Lakeville, Minnesota
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t punish yourself,&quot; she heard her say again, but there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness too. That was writing.&quot;<br /> --Markus Zusak, &quot;The Book Thief&quot;

This is a really good article! I can't believe it doesn't have any comments yet. :/ The first two lines were a really good hook and I like how you stuck to your point the whole way through. And the end made me think. Nice job!