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Confessions Of A Low Maintenance Woman

What happens to the percentage of girls who actually don’t give a shit what they look like 24/7? We get scrutinized for not being society’s idea of a beautiful woman. 

You need long hair, big bust and butt, long eyelashes, plump lips, and perfect makeup to be beautiful.

Apparently, I didn’t get the memo that’s what’s considered beautiful these days. 

God forbid my lack of contoured face is considered hideous in today’s world. I had no idea every stranger I encounter will judge me based on how I look.

The simple fact that my mediocrity as a woman isn’t appealing to today’s standard is a bunch of horse shit. 

I am sorry my natural being as a human isn’t good enough?

The truth is I don’t feel like I need to spend hours to earn anyone’s attention. I don’t feel like I need to spend hundreds of dollars to earn the respect that I should receive for simply being a good person.

I have much better things to do than spending hours making myself looking society’s idea of “good” looking.

I don’t know how to couture my face, pencil in and shape my eyebrows, put eye shadow on, or curl my hair. I am also not going to spend hours learning how to. It just doesn’t interest me.

I personally don’t need fake eyelashes, hair extensions, or a spray tan all to feel beautiful.

There’s a million and one things I don’t necessarily like about myself but there’s no point in hiding it.

I know I’m not a 10/10, and not every day do I put makeup on my face. I could spend a whole 10 minutes getting ready and call it good. I don’t need to look like a model just to go to the grocery store.

I get accused of “not trying” Yet, as a woman do I need to try and be beautiful? No. I need to help people, I need to be kind, I need to do good.

I don’t need a million and one people telling me I am not beautiful because I don’t paint my face. I’m not going to change myself because what’s beautiful to one person isn’t to another. Neither should anyone else, whether they put makeup on daily or they don’t

Yet, you see it every day, a woman scrutinized for her body, for the way her lips look, the way her hair looks. It’s engraved in our being as a woman to look as good as possible. In order to attract people, we must be attractive.

Honestly, you’re criticized either way. You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. So honey, be you.

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