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It's a revolution!!!! Love your body, faults and all! I'm pretty comfortable with who I am right now, although of course I have those days where I feel self-conscience. I'm way too pale, and have a tummy and big arms and some terrible scars. But I'm still beautiful, and I do believe this. I used to be a lot worse off though- I don't think I have to tell most people how brutal middle- and high school can be. But I have come to peace with who I am for the most part. I could never have done this 2 or 3 years ago.

It makes me so sad when I hear people, especially girls, put themselves down and generally shit all over themselves, when I look at them and just think, "...but you're so beautiful."

Anyway, before I start rambling anymore (cause I can- I believe so strongly in the beauty of everyone) I'm just gonna say that if you're interested check out the campaign on facebook here ---> [link] And I was inspired to do this by this here---> [link] Thank you to whoever started this, it really is a wonderful message to be sending.

And please, join the revolution yourselves! Don't be ashamed of who you are, because you are beautiful despite what the media and shit try to tell us!

~And now for a short story~

Writing in the bathroom stalls is an expected installment in almost any highschool I'm sure. You know, the usual 'i <3 krs' 'ur gay' 'y cant people understand me?' 'call this number 4 a good time' 'angie is a slut'. The usual.

But at my school there was something different. When a girl went into one of the bathroom stalls, it was very likely that she would stumble upon one of the ones on which someone had written the words 'you are beautiful'.

There was something about it. Somethign that was lacking all highschool irony or mean-spirited sarcasm. Something honest and personal, like it was written just for you even though you know it wasn't. Something set it apart in that wall of bathroom art.

I don't know.

What I do know is that hardly anyone dared to write over or around them like they did all the other messages. There was almost never any 'no, ur ugly' or 'ur a lez'. I like to think every girl needed that reminder, that bit of light in their world, even as they're slandering their best friend's name all over the walls.

No one ever came forward to take credit for it, even after an article was published in our newspaper about it.

I haven't been back there for a while, but I really do hope they're still there. These messages brightened a crappy day for me more times than I can count, and I have no doubt they did the same for almost every girl who ever read them. So to whoever that was back then, thank you.

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It's a revolution!!!! Love your body, faults and all! I'm pretty comfortable with who I am right now, although of course I have those days where I feel self-conscience. I'm way too pale, and have a tummy and big arms and some terrible scars. But I'm still beautiful, and I do believe this. I used to be a lot worse off though- I don't think I have to tell most people how brutal middle- and high school can be. But I have come to peace with who I am for the most part. I could never have done this 2 or 3 years ago.

It makes me so sad when I hear people, especially girls, put themselves down and generally shit all over themselves, when I look at them and just think, "...but you're so beautiful."

Anyway, before I start rambling anymore (cause I can- I believe so strongly in the beauty of everyone) I'm just gonna say that if you're interested check out the campaign on facebook here ---> [link] And I was inspired to do this by this here---> [link] Thank you to whoever started this, it really is a wonderful message to be sending.

And please, join the revolution yourselves! Don't be ashamed of who you are, because you are beautiful despite what the media and shit try to tell us!

~And now for a short story~

Writing in the bathroom stalls is an expected installment in almost any highschool I'm sure. You know, the usual 'i <3 krs' 'ur gay' 'y cant people understand me?' 'call this number 4 a good time' 'angie is a slut'. The usual.

But at my school there was something different. When a girl went into one of the bathroom stalls, it was very likely that she would stumble upon one of the ones on which someone had written the words 'you are beautiful'.

There was something about it. Somethign that was lacking all highschool irony or mean-spirited sarcasm. Something honest and personal, like it was written just for you even though you know it wasn't. Something set it apart in that wall of bathroom art.

I don't know.

What I do know is that hardly anyone dared to write over or around them like they did all the other messages. There was almost never any 'no, ur ugly' or 'ur a lez'. I like to think every girl needed that reminder, that bit of light in their world, even as they're slandering their best friend's name all over the walls.

No one ever came forward to take credit for it, even after an article was published in our newspaper about it.

I haven't been back there for a while, but I really do hope they're still there. These messages brightened a crappy day for me more times than I can count, and I have no doubt they did the same for almost every girl who ever read them. So to whoever that was back then, thank you.