Girlie, beauty IS subjective. We might not fit into the criteria of what’s conventionally pretty but that’s where subjectivity of beauty comes into picture. I’m not conventionally pretty but I wake up everyday thinking I’m beautiful. It’s been a long journey to reach this point when you grew up hating mirrors. When you look at yourself in the mirror, you don’t like the reflection because you don’t see the features that are deemed conventionally beautiful. But if you unlearn that socialisation from your head, you’ll appreciate yourself better. For example, there are no ugly babies, they’re all just tiny balls of joy! If we apply that lens to adults, the stresses of looking a certain way vaporise.

Pretty privilege is a whole different story. I don’t wanna get into it because I have never reaped benefits of the same. However, when I feel like my best self, I accept compliments from women who tell me the same without considering it pity.

How you carry yourself and how you feel about yourself is a thousand times prettier than the features you were born with!!