This is a damning statement on today’s society.
“My Pale Skin” wrote:
“Three months ago, I began posting images of myself without makeup on social media. The following film contains real comments that were left on images of my face.
Over the past few months, I’ve received thousands of messages from people all over the world who suffer or have suffered from acne, an insecurity or self-confidence issues.
I wanted to create a film that showed how social media can set unrealistic expectations on both women and men. One challenge many face today, is that as a society, we’re so used to seeing false images of perfection, and comparing ourselves to unrealistic beauty standards that It can be hard to remember the most important thing – You ARE beautiful.
You are beautiful – no matter how flawed you feel, no matter how upset you may about the way you look or how hard you find it to make…
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This is so sad.
It is a sad indictment of sexism and “lookism” within society. It can be even more daunting for trans femme people (trans women and trans feminine, non-binary gender identified people) to be seen as beautiful with or without makeup