itsbetterthananal:

its great to learn to love yourself and see that you are beautiful im HERE for it but lets all collectively go the next step up and then learn that its okay to not be beautiful. its a really weird degrading stigma for people, women in particular, to have to look good all the time. like mate, im in bed, i dont have to look good. if i go to class im going to get my education not for the purpose of you looking at me. times in which we are just out doing stuff in our lives we tend to look in the mirror and feel less self love because we look gross while doing it. its a difficult thing to unlearn since we internalize it so deeply but its literally okay to not be beautiful and just be like. a person. who exists and still deserves as much love and respect. you dont have to feel attractive all the time to feel okay with yourself and the way you look. yes i am beautiful but sometimes im also a gross slob with shitty skin and thats okay too