Calling all Submissions!

Hi there everyone! I need some help. I wanted to reach out and ask all of you to share your awkward photo and story. I want so badly for this project to continue, but my efforts really depend on all of you. I would love to share as many stories as possible but it’s hard when I […]

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Anna

I was that kid in primary school that all the boys avoided, who never had a boyfriend. I was taller than all the other girls in my class and most of the boys. My mum never let me wear make-up or do anything fancy with my hair because it was “unnecessary at my age” even […]

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Robbie

I was always the girl to smooth things out … The one to make the group One. The Everyman. Then I got my braces and perm, with a darkening of my hair from summer blonde. I was the same person but looked different. Literally, my friends couldn’t look at me and disowned me. I was […]

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Indra

Never was the popular girl, or the girl next door. I was a very odd/simple girl. Always felt left behind.. Always skinny and shorter than almost all of the kids at school. The female body took forever! There were girls using make up and dyeing their hair, shaving legs, showing off the bra strap! I […]

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Gaby

Even though it’s not in the picture, I wore big old lady transition lenses, my teeth were crooked, and I had no sense of style. At the start of the school year, I was in ESL (English as a Second Language) classes. The kids in the class weren’t friendly to me because I was a […]

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Per

It started simply enough. I hadn’t gotten my haircut after about two months and it was getting longer than it had been in quite some time. A girl I thought was cute took note and commented that I should grow out my hair for our junior prom. Not having anything better to do with my life […]

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