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 […]
During this period in my life I was very uncomfortable with my skinny legs, big teeth, & not to mention my unruly curly hair that I had no clue on what to do with. My hair solution was either lots of gel, mouse, or several failed attempts at straightening ( this photo was obviously an […]
The black and white photo was taken in 1978, my junior year of high school. I was taking a photography class, and we all had to sit for a portrait-style shot. If you zoom in, you may be able to see that there’s a safety pin holding my glasses together! Yes, I was just that […]
I feel very lucky that I never had anyone in school ever cruelly tease or bully me – I do think back then (must’ve been around 1971-1972) that really wasn’t a problem where I grew up…. So I started 3rd grade in RI…. I honestly always enjoyed school and was really happy to simply hang out […]
My mother decided I needed to cut my hair and get a perm when I entered seventh grade. Although her intentions were for me to look like the other girls, I did not. I had absolutely no clue what to do with the curly do. Unlovable . . . Ugly . . . Defective. That’s how […]
I never seemed to know when it was school picture day. My hair was never done and I had to borrow a friend’s jacket to cover up the scrubs I was wearing (scrubs? to school? don’t ask). I was a disheveled, awkward, disorganized, weird, clumsy, misfit kid and I hated myself for it. The thing […]
I was SO proud of my purple Saturn planet shirt! (you can’t really tell they are Saturns in this photo here.) I was a socially awkward, weird, nerd girl who was poor and from a recently divorced home. I felt bad and shy for a while- but ultimately decided to retreat into my art and […]
My awkward years were from fourth grade until my sophomore year in high school. I never actually felt awkward/weird at the time, despite not being very popular. I was the typical band geek, anime enthusiast, who still collected action figures. I actually remember being mistaken for a girl, during school pictures. Despite the way my […]