“How do I get my confidence back?” “You’ve gotta find it on your own terms. You rediscover things you love about yourself and nourish them. And not just the things society tells you that you should love. Beauty isn’t objective, you know, as much as society tells us it is.” I purse my lips. “I don’t know if I agree with you.” “Why not?” “Because people seem to like the same things, predominantly. Everyone thinks Scarlett Johansson is hot. The Hemsworth brothers. Idris Elba. Heart-shaped faces. Light eyes. You name it.” “Only a segment of Western society,” she notes. “Curves used to be revered.
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