Stop trying to convince me I'm beautiful

[MrsPotatohead]

goodgoodgirl.com/stop-trying-to-convince-me-im-beautiful/

what do you think of this?

[alias]

Eh. The Dove ads don't bother me at all. I've never taken them the way she does. Instead, I see it as we are all different and beautiful in different ways and to embrace what makes you beautiful, but not in a Hollywood/model idea of beauty.

[MrsPotatohead]

I guess I wasn't so focused on the Dove thing as just the media in general, I never really thought about it that way. I just liked the part where she said,

"And this leads me to the second part of my problem: I hate that people think that’s what I, or anyone else, wants to hear. That we hinge our self worth on our own wrapping paper. Sure I lie awake at night feeling bad about myself sometimes, I feel uncomfortable in crowds, or awkward in my own skin—but my reasons are more complex than my low cheekbones. I worry about by intellectual worth, my originality, the strength of my voice, and the relevance of my vision. And to be engaged on that way is always effecting and personal."

The idea that all we should be thinking about is whether or not we are beautiful is, in and of itself, damaging. It just struck me as interesting.