Written by Liesl Ma from Massachusetts, USA One night quite recently, I scrolled through Snapchat, layering filter after filter onto my face. My nose looked smaller, my skin impossibly smooth, my lips fuller. When I finally posted the picture, I realized something unsettling—I had shared a photo of a girl who didn’t even exist. It hit me then just how deeply beauty standards had wormed their way into my mind, making me feel like my real face needed embellishing in order to be
Written by Kay Budka-Fox from London, UK hey kid, I'm sorry you're confused I'm sorry your heart was torn up and it was used I really never meant for us to be abused or stuck in a game where we had no choice but to lose I'm sorry your skies could never stay blue, and that your eyes were exposed too early to the truth, but kid, what I know now is that it's possible to get through, the pain never goes away but what grows around it is up to you, so now I'll nurture better th
