confession

i agree with you, biggerthanlovex3.
it's so true, & so, so sad.
it's been my mission for the past 2 years to not care what others think, and i'm SO much happier.
oh yeah, & write this stuff down.
i started a notebook of things like this
so i can look back in a few years & see how my thoughts have changed. :D good job posting it.

<3

*everyone: go to seventeen dot com & sign the body peace treaty [: it's really empowering, & i think everyone should.

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love is only a chapter in a guy's life,
but to a girl, it's the whole book.
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I'm glad there are so many girls out there who are willing to examine the media more closely and to think for themselves!

However, in one aspect I'd have to agree with xAnotherRainyDayx.

I think guys have just as much pressure as girls, just a different kind, and they handle it differently. Guys are just as disgusted by acne as anyone else, but they can't cover it up with makeup. They are just as pressured to be fit and athletic, but they can't buy clothes that will make them look any better. Their options for the way they look are severly limited. They aren't even "allowed" to cry? what kind of messed up society frowns upon the basic expressions of emotion? The majority of my guy friends say they havnt cried for more than 3 years. I get to cry every.. 2 weeks? Every month at LEAST, and i won't get any cr@p for it because I'm a girl.

The point is, we all face pressures from the media, our parents, our peers, and OURSELVES every day, and thats not going to change, no matter how old we get. What does change is how we view these pressures and how we decide to handle them. Are we going to look at the Media "Clones" and pine our lives away wishing for something that, not only we cant have, but that wouldnt be good for us if we did have it? OR are we going to say "NO" to the unrealistic images and the unhealthy desires that our messed up society imposes!!!? Of course, it isn't easy, but the more you surround yourself with REAL people who aren't perfect and never will be, the more you can learn to appreciate the natural diversitys that make being human fun. Me.. i don't even read magazines that don't include real people and articles that matter (No Teen or Seventeen or People for me!) I don't watch S3x in the City or America's Next Top Model (though, modeling isn't all bad) and i especially don't let guys or anyone else tell me that I'm not good enough because...guess what! You are good enough just being you.

That doesn't mean that we can't improve, because God knows that humans can always be a little better. But that starts with being comfortable in your own skin. I don't know about you, but im ready for a REVOLUTION!

Sorry, its a little long

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"Well if you wanted honesty that's all you had to say.
What will it take to show you that it's not the life it seems?
(I'm not okay)
I've told you time and time again you sing the words but don't know what it means
(I'm not okay)
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE

that was really good

reading it made me realize how obssed i am with how i look, even though i know looks dont matter much.
everyday (well ons chool days or when I go out) i strive to look my best. actually, i strive for perfection. my whole day can be ruine if my hair doesn't look good. i need to work on nont worrying so much.

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if you wanna make the world a better place, take a look in the mirror and make that change
rip mj :'[

that is so true!
but guys get pressured too just not as much as girls
but yeah i know a lot of girls who rely on the media on how they look

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Edited by jeezy0987 at 01/04/2009 2:19 PM PST

thanks, im glad you can see it how i do. I thought it may have been bold to state such a diverse opinion. It may not have been the smartest thing to do on a website full of girls, but i just believe guys and girls have equal problems...maybe not regarding the same topics, but equal.

I just dont want everyone on here to hate me for having a different opinion. I really am not a bad person.

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He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
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i think what wishbone said is good.
thats what everyone should strive for.
maybe we can't be as perfect as what society tells us to be.
but we can get stronger knowing whats realistic, and whats not.
maybe you want to have beautiful lucious hair like you see on the tv.
well don't get down on yourself if you don't have it, strive for it.
make it a motivation.
don't make it a main priority though, because thats when it starts to go downhill.

idk. just tried thinking of it like that. hope it makes sense.

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"healthy beauty is a journey"

i know, i understand how you guys are feeling, and im not saying my opinion is right for everyone, but that is just how I feel.
I guess it all depends on what kind of person you are. I have gone through a lot in life and i am very strong emotionally, so thats why i feel that way. Whenever i compare myself to a celebrity or someone beautiful, i dont sulk and get put down, i use that as motivation to become who i want to be. My life has just taught me to make the best of bad situations and be optimistic.

mtdewcrayola76: when you said..."when we cannot messure up to what society wants us to be,
most of us don't get mental stregnth, we get insecure and put down.", that is exactly what i meant! These insecurities and this sadness is exactly what makes a person strong. You have to live through the bad times to be able to deal with this sort of thing. Going through this sadness is exactly what gives you that mental strength.

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2009 boston red sox.



He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
<3 daddy. love you; miss you.