I have never been ‘That Girl’…I knew it from the earliest possible age and it didn’t really bother me.
Yes, I could see as I grew up there was a privilege that beautiful people had. Life was much easier for them, doors opened both romantically and work wise.
But when you always consider yourself ‘other’ due to hearing loss, being an introvert, having curly hair and buck teeth…the beauty effort doesn’t add up
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/27/cost-of-beauty-culture-benefits