Beauty

Feeling hot is a mindset, just like feeling ugly is.

I wish I could live in a fantasy world where your social media cachet and physical appearance dont matter.

Unfortunately, were surrounded by reflective surfaces.

The Pregame with Sabrina Ionescu.

Sometimes I look at my face and I’m just like, What even is that?

kindly let that not be mine.

Other times I see hideous details with perfect clarity.

Take inspiration from the meaningful ways queer couples have adapted dated traditions.

(At least I dont have a mole on theleftside of my nose.

What do I do instead?

I take that “holy hell Im ugly” mentality and embrace it.

Peyton Stearns

Its easy to do anything when you think youre beautiful.

(Im sure everyone can agree that I could write an award-winning novel if my hair were thicker.)

That’s a bigger win.

Taylor Townsend of United States in action in the Women’s Doubles Round on day seven of 2024 China O…

So what if your face is weird who cares?

Go forward and pursue your life because after all, youre a weird-faced spec of dust anyway.

Does it take away from these accomplishments if, God forbid, I am actually pretty?

Of course not; good-looking people can still achieve great things.

Just look at Einstein (a low-key zaddy).

Im not necessarily smarter than EmRata just because I’m uglier than her.

But realistically, I probably am more willing to have sex without a condom on a first date.

So who’s actually hotter?

Ive also learned something recently by auditing an online course offered by Yale.

(OK fine, I got it from watching Gen Z TikToks.)

Being hot is a mindset, just as being ugly is.

And sometimes I actually want to be ugly.

How can I ever truly appreciate feeling hot and pretty if I feel like that all the time?

Feeling sad and ugly is a normal part of the hot girl life cycle.

This is why people in New York have better summers than people in Los Angeles.

You just dont want to hear that on days you feel like a troll.

So I’ve reclaimed the word ugly as a way to describe a feeling.

That doesnt mean I don’t care about how I look.

I love getting dressed up and doing some light makeup as a way to feel creative and inspired.