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Mar 2019
By. Lauren

Despite what the world says looks really do matter.
How will I get a job with crooked teeth turning every which way?
How will I expect respect when I'm not dressed like I deserve it swallowed in sweat pants and a tattered hoodie?
I will not be enough despite my brains if I am dressed like a kindergarten.
My looks will never be good enough to land me that dream job but at least I will be able to say, "I acknowledged that."
Looks really do matter even if you have the brains.
Society's Standards are  absurd I pluck my eyebrows, shave my legs, you will not see a hole in my jeans or a wrinkle in my shirt, not a pimple on my face, or a yellow spot on my teeth, not a curl in my hair  yet I will never be good enough to make my 89 cents to his dollar despite my brains.
Lauren
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Lauren  15/F
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