The constant need for validation became an addiction, leaving me perpetually unsatisfied and always wanting more. I found myself seeking approval from men to the extent of it affecting my emotional well-being. Putting their needs above my own became my new normal, and I naively believed it was how things were supposed to be. Breaking free from this cycle required a conscious effort to reconnect with the things that once brought me joy.
Rather than attaching a label to young children, we could invest in a schoolwide enrichment model that is available to all students, allowing for more equitable and healthy academic growth.
So many female celebrities get hate from other women for similarly arbitrary reasons, and it all comes from internalized misogyny. It is time to stop this ugly behavior of women tearing down other women and leave it behind in middle school.
Everyone deserves to feel comfortable in their own skin. We are all worthy of moving freely throughout the world without feeling physically constrained by a negative relationship with food and our bodies.
In second grade, I asked a girl in my class if she liked my new haircut. I was insecure and nervous about how I looked, so I needed the approval of a peer. But if desperately diving for compliments wasn’t...
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Every time I scroll through my Instagram feed, I constantly come across pictures of celebrities...
When is the last time you felt inferior, and why? I’ll bet you can think of it right away, and I’ll bet it was recent, and it made you feel miserable, at least for a moment. For at least one moment,...
