So I don’t post photos of myself all that often, and when I do, it’s usually of me looking totally ridiculous. If it’s actually a shot of me looking nice, it’s generally under some sort of friendslock, and is also usually about something specific - my haircut, or clothing, or my eyelashes freezing to my scarf. You know, that sort of thing. Today I felt pretty. That’s not why I’m posting this picture. It’s not even why I took this picture. I’m posting it because when I realized that I felt pretty today, I immediately felt guilty about doing so. How DARE I feel like that. How DARE I feel pretty when so many other people are so much prettier than I. How DARE I feel pretty when I’m not perfect. Then, of course, I realized that that’s one of the stupidest things I’ve ever thought. But there that thought was, regardless. Just because I’m not the prettiest, it doesn’t mean I have no right to feel pretty. Likewise, just because I don’t define myself by my looks, it doesn’t mean I can never think positively about them. So I’m posting a photo of myself and saying “I feel pretty today, and it doesn’t matter that I’m not model gorgeous.” So there.

So I don’t post photos of myself all that often, and when I do, it’s usually of me looking totally ridiculous. If it’s actually a shot of me looking nice, it’s generally under some sort of friendslock, and is also usually about something specific - my haircut, or clothing, or my eyelashes freezing to my scarf. You know, that sort of thing.

Today I felt pretty. That’s not why I’m posting this picture. It’s not even why I took this picture. I’m posting it because when I realized that I felt pretty today, I immediately felt guilty about doing so. How DARE I feel like that. How DARE I feel pretty when so many other people are so much prettier than I.
How DARE I feel pretty when I’m not perfect.
Then, of course, I realized that that’s one of the stupidest things I’ve ever thought. But there that thought was, regardless.

Just because I’m not the prettiest, it doesn’t mean I have no right to feel pretty. Likewise, just because I don’t define myself by my looks, it doesn’t mean I can never think positively about them.
So I’m posting a photo of myself and saying “I feel pretty today, and it doesn’t matter that I’m not model gorgeous.”

So there.

  1. gothicphotographybyian said: So there, indeed :)
  2. sarahpetrulis said: Meh, there is no “prettiest” and you can photospam my dash any day ^^
  3. brianne333 said: And you ARE very pretty! <3
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