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Pseudobeautificationality

This world lives by pseudobeautificationality Let me give you a translation, to bring it to reality. It is the perfect people we see in every magazine and TV program. We know its fake, but we are all victims to this scam. We see them and want our bodies to look like theirs. So we diet insanely and run up and down the stairs. Men try to mirror the perfectly impossible six-pack, and women pay to have a more noticable rack. We buy the most expensive make-up and workout machines. Sending the message to be perfect, before we're even teens. Trying to push our bodies beyond their humanly possible borders. Then we wonder why early teenagers have eating disorders. We need to see the real beauty in the human being. We need to know that beauty, goes beyond just what we're seeing. Get rid of the smoke and mirrors and come back to actuality. But it will never happen, in this world of pseudobeautificationality. *****for Paula Swanson's contest "If you build it, they will misuse it."

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 3/8/2011 5:12:00 AM
Congrats on the placement, there a good message in there too, enjoyed
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Date: 3/5/2011 6:32:00 PM
Congratulations Chris. a fine win
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Date: 3/5/2011 12:09:00 AM
couldn't have put it better myself chris, best wishes.
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Date: 3/4/2011 6:15:00 AM
Wow, this is great..a great read and congrats to you on your win. Well deserved. BG
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Date: 3/4/2011 5:35:00 AM
That is true... We do copy what we see in magazines thinking that they are perfect and everything.. but if we look into their personalities we find nothing.. Normal people are more beautiful than plastic people.. Very well written and congrats on the well deserved win! Sami
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Date: 3/4/2011 4:49:00 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved win Chris. I can just imagine Paula sitting there trying to pronounce some of the words in her contest. Have a wonderful weekend. Love, Carol
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Date: 3/3/2011 8:37:00 PM
Clever word you came up with, Chris, and we can never meet the standards of "beauty" that are now being imposed by society. Teens are starving themselves to look like models. Congratulations on your big win! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 3/3/2011 8:03:00 PM
I thought this was in a word.... Awesome! Great job!
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Date: 3/3/2011 7:39:00 PM
Congrats Chris on your big win in Paula's contest with this awesome write luv.. enjoy your top winning spot for a top notch poem luv..
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