The Ugly Truth
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Complete Wed, Feb 8, 2017<5 mins
Society tells us that we need to look a certain way, that we need to be skinny. But what if we maybe don't look like that? Teenagers are obsessed with social media, and they see what society wants them to look like. Society tells us that if we are beautiful, skinny and successful than everyone loves us and we should be happy. But that's not entirely true. Because everything has a price.
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