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Beauty as Protest

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In the age of filters, followers, and flawless performance, Ophelia Reyes finds power in softness. Her TikTok poetry-dreamy, delicate, and aching with emotion-earns her a quiet following of Gen Z girls who see her vulnerability as rebellion. But behind the curated calm is a storm she can't filter out.

Caught between her love for Ham, a radicalized content creator uncovering corruption in their elite high school, and her family's tightening grip on her future, Ophelia becomes the face of something she never asked for. Used by the system, misunderstood by the boy she loves, and silenced by grief, she vanishes-leaving only one final, haunting video behind.

"Beauty as Protest" is a tragic meditation on digital identity, emotional expression, and the quiet ways Gen Z fights back. In a world that demands loudness, Ophelia's gentleness becomes her resistance-and her undoing.All Rights Reserved

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