Chelsea

My name is Chelsea Bianca Goulet, I’m currently 16 years old. On the left, I’m roughly 8 years old. I definitely wasn’t the most popular kid in school, and to say the least, that hasn’t changed much. The kids at school used to call me a teacher’s pet, nerd, ugly, buck teeth, and the girls […]

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Sónia

When I was 12 I had crazy curly hair, was a bit overweight and very pale (not in a cool vampire way). At this age I suffered from severe anemia and doctors told me I should avoid getting tired and I was excused from gym classes. This was what got my overweight and extremely pale […]

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Andrea

As a child, I was a tomboy. Whenever people would pick on me for my weight/looks I would beat them up (even though, I was for the most part, pretty passive). I was very shy and never fit in. As the years went by, I gained much more confidence and realized – those that put you […]

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Brooke

The summer between 2nd and 3rd grade my family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut. I had really thick hair and my Mom couldn’t get it to stay curled so she decided to perm it. It was a very tight perm and I ended up with hair shaped like a triangle. New school plus the hair […]

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Erin

My mom says she tried to talk me out of it, but I insisted on wearing this sweater with the big buttons on it for my 6th grade school photo. I was very unpopular in middle school and dealt with a lot of female bullying before anyone was really doing anything about it. It was […]

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Martie

Growing up I have always been quite shy until I got to know someone. I remember in elementary school I had more than one boy call me ugly and told me I looked like a boy. Junior high was the worst. I had the nicknames “No talk girl” and “Wookie” (a nickname for the tall […]

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Welcome and Introduction!

Thank you for checking out my blog! I am starting a new project that highlights our awkward years. The idea all started with a conversation I had with a good friend that I’ve known a couple years now. She wasn’t convinced that I had any awkward years, but she didn’t know me back then! From […]

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