The Idea of Beauty

"Every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall ass, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the abs of a lesbian gym owner, the hips of a nine-year-old boy, the arms of Michelle Obama and doll tits." - Tina Fey

Beauty is not a size 0. Beauty is not a size 1, 3, or 5. Beauty is not 16 years old. It isn't set in a finite timeline in your twenties. Beauty is not young and it's not old. Beauty is not a number. Beauty is not thin or thick, it's not small or large, and it's not tall or short.

Beauty is not one adjective. Beauty is also not one feature or genetic trait. Beauty is not a thigh gap, a flat stomach or full breasts. Beauty is not about having smooth skin. Beauty is not about how high your cheek bones are, or how defined your jaw bone is. Beauty is not having full lips and big black eyelashes. Beauty is not some unattainable goal that only some people were blessed with.

Beauty is you. 

You are beautiful no matter who you are, no matter what you look like. Beauty is not an appearance. I don't care about the lies the society is feeding you about how to look better, act better, feel better. You are beautiful without any of that.

You don't need to lose weight with the new diet pill to be beautiful. You don't need to go on these horrifying diets that people are making up to lose weight fast. You don't need to get plastic surgery to have the face and/or body the society is telling you you should have.You don't need to get the most expensive makeup to make yourself up every morning to change your appearance entirely. You don't need this. You are beautiful.

Please, don't stare at pictures of other girls (or guys) longingly wishing you looked like them, or that you could be like them. Be yourself. You are the only you here. You are just as beautiful as anyone else here. If people around you don't like you for how you look, then you need to find better people to surround yourself with. The people you call friends should be the ones that make you feel great. They should make you feel lucky to be you every day.

Beauty is not a weight limit. Beauty is not photogenic features. Beauty is not the color of your skin or the country you come from. Beauty is not perfection.

Beauty is you because you are beautiful.