tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819607534051208825.post586819903762115037..comments2023-11-24T15:42:40.775-08:00Comments on The Badger's Sett: In Which I Am Not PrettyRowan Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05521541066585626296noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819607534051208825.post-27416948152513258182013-05-01T16:30:59.581-07:002013-05-01T16:30:59.581-07:00Beautiful! Thank you for writing this.Beautiful! Thank you for writing this.scottandtamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04633068458280048658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819607534051208825.post-70965660928980080612013-02-28T09:39:49.632-08:002013-02-28T09:39:49.632-08:00Nailed it again, Badger. I was also one of the gi...Nailed it again, Badger. I was also one of the girls who was informed multiple times, on no uncertain terms, that I was not and would never be pretty. Besides being too large, too opinionated, too tall, I was also too black to ever be 'pretty'. Stories like "the Princess and the Pea" helped to affirm that. I was also one of the "Fuck Pretty" crowd and I kind of still am. I'm too bad ass to be pretty- it became something that I didn't hate, but had little value instead. <br />I also grew up dating or sleeping with men who I assumed were settling. Thank you for writing it so clearly. Knowing that I was not the only one is at once helpful and sad, because no one should feel like that. <br />Coming to Austin and meeting people who Actually, Genuinely thought I was beautiful was helpful. But I still have a hard time not falling back into that mindset of there are people who are pretty and I do not belong to that group. Thank you for being more than pretty and sharing your defiance of the norm.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704567698734000531noreply@blogger.com