Creating Perfect

"The sun shone in through the crooked blinds. I watched as a pair of too thin girls ran around the block, losing more calories by the second. A family with fake tanned skin and bleached blonde hair jogged past my house in unison. The smell of self tanner swam through my half open window, I noticed my neighbor apply the spray in the glass next to me. The lawns of the houses that surrounded me were decorated with sunbathing children and well trained dogs. I sighed at the thought of a body like the mom's across the street."
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Lula Tots, a broke twenty year old college student, spends her short days by a large window begging for inspiration for the articles expected on pitching day at the respected magazine she works for, GLAM. Lately, her flop writings on homemade hairties and things that don't peak the interest of the readers have been the only thing coming to mind. As she sits by the window every day, she realizes the brokeness of the world. She watches as five year olds sunbathe, in hopes of getting the perfect tan. Fifteen year olds who can't weigh more than 90 pounds run round and round the block insistant on burning the fat that doesn't exist. In Lula's world, everyone is perfect. And for the very few young girls who have a little meat on their bones, she feels sorry, because they are perfect too. The torn up world inspires Lula to write an article called Creating Perfect, which spikes an uproar in the media and television. Lula becomes famous for her 'outlandish ways'. And the world begins to realize that perfect isn't always thin or tan, perfect is being yourself. But, some who are exposed to Lula's writings are outraged and threaten Lula, her career as a writer is put on hold and she is forced to live in private while the world devoures the articles that prove them wrong. Follow Lula as she teaches others how to truly be perfect and changes the world.