May 2012
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“The problem with labels is that they lead to stereotypes and stereotypes lead to generalizations and generalizations lead to assumptions and assumptions lead back to stereotypes. It’s a vicious cycle, and after you go around and around a bunch of times you end up believing that all vegans only eat cabbage and all gay people love musicals.”
—Ellen Degeneres
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Then and Now
One of my most vivid memories took place when I was in the fourth grade. I was getting ready for a school talent show, and wanted to get my hair just right. Now, before this moment, I really didn’t care how I looked or what people thought of my appearance. But I looked in my bathroom mirror and ripped my hair out if its braid and brushed it and brushed it. I put it up in a ponytail. Nope. I tried a headband. No. I let my hair fall naturally. No way.
Eventually, I got so fed up that I started sobbing.
Probably one of my weakest moments. I was a nine year old who didn’t feel pretty enough, curled up in fetal position on the white tiles of my bathroom floor, sobbing.
Now when I have those moments getting ready where I don’t feel good enough, I revert back to that moment in time. In my mind, I pick that young girl up off of the floor and wipe her tears. I tell her that she is beautiful and wonderful. And then I look back in the mirror, take a deep breath, and keep moving on.
xx Abby W.
“If not everyone is beautiful, then no one is.”
—
Andy Warhol
(Submitted by aliceinawesomeland)
“Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.”
—Tom Krause
“In the end, the only steps that matter are the ones you take all by yourself.”
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The Weepies
(Submitted by Matilda)
