| Girls In Red |

For The Girls

Warning: The following message is a wake up call, more or less. And if you aren't ready to wake up yet, I suggest you stop reading.

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You're never going to be accepted.

Never, ever, ever.

The world is too biased.

Either you're too fat, or you're too skinny.

You're boobs aren't big enough, or maybe they're too big.

Your butt is too flat, too big, or simply too nonexistent.

Your hair is too short, or too nappy. Your bangs are ugly, your ends are damaged, and OH MY THE SPLIT ENDS.

Your hair is blonde, you must be dumb.

You're too girly, you're too tom-boyish.

You try too hard, you don't try enough.

Your arms sag, your ribs are visible.

You eat too much, you don't eat enough.

You can't dance for shit, you can't draw, you can't sing, you can't-- Gosh! Do you have any talents at all?

You laugh too loud, you cry too much.

You're pretending to be depressed, stop pouting, you have so much to be grateful for.

Your grades are bad, and it'll be a miracle if you ever make it to college.

You're too loud and ghetto, contain yourself.

You're a slut, and he's only with you for your body.

Those stretch marks are so unattractive.

You're only pretty with makeup, you wear too much makeup, you look like a clown.

Lose weight, gain weight.

You're such a disappointment, why can't you be more like__

You're not suicidal, you just want attention.

You cut yourself? You burn yourself? That's weird-- you need therapy or something.

You have too much acne, it's gross.

Your freckles are ugly.

Your lips are too big, your lips are too thin.

Your forehead is gigantic, and why do your ears stick out so much?

Your skin is too dark, your skin is too light.

Your fingers and toes are fat, your fingers and toes are too long.

Your eyes are too small, your eyes are to big. Your eyes are too narrow, your eyes are too wide.

You're too short, you're too tall.

You're immature and childish, grow up.

You'll. Never. Amount. To. Anything. Give. Up.

And that, ladies, doesn't even begin to cover it. So like I said, we'll never be accepted.

The world has too many opinions about how girls should look, how they should act, how they should be.

They drag us down, then criticize us for being insecure.

Let's face it:

This is a man's world.

Always has been.

But that doesn't mean that it always will be.

Because when it comes down to it, women are the most powerful beings on Earth, when we know our worth.

There's nothing more powerful than a woman with self confidence. Because you can't break her.

We'll never be accepted, not the way things are now. Not when we believe the terrible things people say to us.

Wake up, and realize that you are beautiful. No matter what shape, size, color, race, height, weight--none of it matters. You're beautiful because you're a woman, because you have flaws and insecurities, and because you aren't perfect. That's what makes you beautiful.

There's no such thing as a perfect body, or the perfect face.

We're all too different for that. And that's what makes us beautiful, our differences.

The world is going to judge, obviously, but it's up to us to decide whether we listen to them, or flip them off.

Personally? I say we do the latter.

So girl, stop worrying about what other girls are doing, or how they look. Worry about yourself. Take care of your body, because it is where your heart lives, where your soul resides.

Compliment other girls. Don't slut-shame. You'd really be surprised to find out what some of the girls that you see everyday, really go through. We're all struggling. Honestly.

But as long as we've got our souls, our minds, and our self-confidence, there's no one in this world that can stop us.

Don't apologize for being who you are, or looking the way that you do. You're gorgeous. And that's a fact.

Amen.