aceofstars:huffingtonpost:Watch the full touching mirror experiment which will prove strangers think
aceofstars:huffingtonpost:Watch the full touching mirror experiment which will prove strangers think you’re all kinds of awesome here.^ THIS IMPORTANT VIDEOIf you think it’s cheesy or too fake LET ME TELL YOU, as a caricature artist, we have to deal with this like every 15 minutes.*girl with amazing jawline sits down* “don’t draw my chin too big” NOOO*dude with awesome nose sits down* “give me a small nose okay?” NO*person with the most amazing lips sits down* “why did you draw my lips so big i hate my lips!!” WHY!*child with the most beautiful skintone sits down* *mother tells me to not make it “too dark”, that it was good at the really light tan* *cue my intense scowl*(all of those above situations happened, as well as 7598353 more similar scenarios)the characteristics and features that people tend to be most upset about are only those that separate them out from what they’re “supposed” to look like, what separates them out from others (the nice looking people on the magazines and televisions basically).but those most hated features are almost always what makes a person look so amazing and unique and perfect and it distresses me so much that folks would rather i shave them down to a Disney character that essentially doesn’t look like them.this is why you hear me rant about media representation and body positivity so much; i can think of no better way to help people start to appreciate themselves more than to stop throttling what we as a society find aesthetically pleasing. -- source link