How far would someone go to not be called names, to not feel like a disappointment, to be accepted? The lengths seem to be immeasurable. Wanting to be the right shape, have the perfect skin, and etc., is more stressed by some people than others. Once I watched the book trailer for Wintergirls, I was hooked! I was intrigued by the extremes people would go to, to be "perfect".
With not a lot of self-confidence, a person might go to great lengths in order to feel only a little better about their appearance or personality. Some girls would starve their selves to death, or try to be something or someone they're not. A person might even pick plastic surgery as their poison, and go overboard with implants, collagen, and lifts.
Why? Models and beautiful women on every commercial and every show overpower T.V. Almost as if they're trying to taunt you. Someone may not pay much attention to these seemingly perfect looking people at first, but after being called "fat", "ugly", and other unmentionable names throughout their lives, a person might start to think about it. And start to think about it a little too hard. Girls start to worry over it as if it's some sort of disease they'd do anything to overcome. They'll go to dive into that warm and salty bag of popcorn, dripping in butter, and remember the fat, the calories, and the carbs. The little voice in their head reminds them of "every single thing [that] is wrong with [them]".
There's this popular quote, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me". Words can hurt. And not only can they hurt, they can kill. "It's not nice when girls die".
