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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

This one hits hard. And even after learning self-love, it still comes and goes. Self-love is certainly a verb and not a noun.

Like LadyButterfly said, there's just so many negative messaging and expectations directed at women. I don't think I'll ever measure up. Still, to quote a popular Millennial maxim, I am cringe but I am free.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Figuring out that just adopting every external expectation is impossible is liberating.

    But then you need to figure out what standards you do want to strive for, and that's hard work too. Still better to have the goals set for yourself than the contradictory standards that are handed to us by family, advertising, and media.

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