Beyond Beautiful

We are living in the era of modernization, an era of freedom speech, overwhelmed by social media buzz, everyday campaign of gender-balance, a full public support for female empowerment and diversity, and war against gender stereotypes. The world has changed drastically, yet women today are still no less self-conscious about the way they look than they’ve always been. Why? Because we are confronted and exposed with the media of beauty blast – commercial TVs, social medias, you name it. We live in a looks-obsessed society. The more and longer skincare routines we put into effort, the more time we spend on the mirror every morning for makeup routine the better we’ll be.

Our insecurities aren’t a natural consequence of our appearance, and not integral part of who we are. All those inner voices judging the “beauty standard” are not really our inner voice. It’s the product of years of socialization from a very brutal culture.

Many of us still feel that how we fell about they way we look has become the deciding factor for how we feel about ourselves. For those days of – bad-hair-day – and days when we don’t feel that we look good, we automatically feel defeated, totally neglecting our other accomplishments. 

Your body does not define you.

Your makeup does not define you.

Your skin color does not define you.

Your clothes do not define you.

“Self esteem isn’t everything, it’s just that there’s nothing without it.”

“I’m intelligent, I’m feminist, and I know that society’s beauty ideal is B.S. So why do I still care so much about what I look like?.”

Beyond Beautiful – Rees, Anuschka