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Women's bodies, minds, lives, souls... are not their own. They are expected to live, exist, just BE only for those who think they own them.
Women’s bodies, minds, lives, souls… are not their own. They are expected to live, exist, just BE only for those who think they own them.
Oh, you’ve put on weight. Do you not take exercise? Aww dear, your dark circles! Is there some problem? Do you not get sleep? You look so pale. Look at your pores. And black heads And oh, those acne. Get something done, no? Try this mixture. And, for the time being Put on makeup Because you ain’t pretty. So try some fakeness. For your double chin? Get a contour stick. It’ll help. And oh, you got a hair cut? But isn’t it too short? Anyway, they’ll grow. Don’t get ’em colored. Because what if? And that surgery scar? Keep it covered. It looks creepy. And, wear a nail paint At least. And hey, listen. Why are you living? Or breathing? Stop.
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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