What do you want about the way in which you look? Final week, we requested that query, and plenty of readers emailed us photographs. Right here, eight girls share sort eyes, curvy legs, and robust noses…
Says Rebekah (above), who lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, “I really feel so glowy within the night solar, prefer it’s reflecting one thing golden in me. I used to be made to bask.”
“I’m so grateful J.Lo hit it huge after I was in center faculty, as a result of I grew up pondering my huge Puerto Rican ass was a factor of magnificence. I’ve additionally discovered inspiration from fats activists, like Virginia Sole-Smith and Aubrey Gordon. On my e-book tour final fall, a moderator snapped this picture of me — spherical stomach, the entire tender, seen package deal — and known as me ‘a shiny, sensible mild.’ I have a look at it now and see what she noticed: my physique not as one thing that takes up area, however one thing that gives it.” — Marian, Portland, Oregon
“I like my dimples! They’re pronounced, like somebody caught their fingers right into a ball of clay after I was born. My maternal grandmother (‘Nana’) additionally had attractive excessive cheekbones and a large face. Every time I look within the mirror, I see her reflection in mine, her shiny pink lipstick kissing my cheeks, precisely the place the divots are.” — Emma, New York Metropolis
“In highschool, I walked throughout the stage to simply accept my Nationwide Honors Society plaque, and my aunt mentioned, appreciatively, ‘Oooh, have a look at them huge legs!’ On the time, I used to be mortified. It took me 20 years, however now I perceive the praise. My curvy legs carry the remainder of this physique superbly. When it’s even barely heat, I yell, ‘Sky’s out, thighs out!’ and placed on the shortest shorts I can discover.” — Abby, Chicago
“Small darkish moles have been showing since I hit my thirties; they’re dermatosis papulosa nigra, innocent moles frequent amongst Black people. I watched three small stars take their place on the nook of my eye, and I believed, how cool to have a face that’s nonetheless altering, a reminder to lookup in awe on the evening stars that guided our ancestors!” — Sarah, State Faculty, Pennsylvania
“After I smile, my eyes get all squinty and basically disappear. It’s my plain pleasure! Right here, I’m with my kiddo on a airplane, and my youngsters celebrating Tashlich by a river throughout Rosh Hashanah.” — Jill, Cousins Island, Maine
“My masi (maternal aunt) was taking a look at daguerreotypes of Indian girls and remarked, ‘They’ve such clever faces, it’s their sturdy noses.’ The ladies in my household have sturdy noses, too, and I believed that was the best praise a girl might obtain — to look clever!” — Sukhie, Seattle
“I like that I look sort. My two-year-old daughter took this picture, above, whereas we have been chatting on the sofa. My eyes are targeted on her, I’m smiling, and my eyebrows are arched like she’s telling me essentially the most fascinating factor I’ve ever heard. I obtained so emotional after I noticed this picture, as a result of it’s a stark distinction to how my mom checked out me. When my daughter thinks of her childhood, I hope that is the face she sees in her reminiscences.” — Jenn, Vancouver
Thanks a lot for sharing!
P.S. 9 girls share their dramatic hair transformations, and 12 readers share the place they dwell.
