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 […]
I was in 8th grade, right in the middle of the awkward years and my mom decided to cut my hair…and kept cutting…and cutting, until it looked good, to her. My boyfriend dumped me, I got called a boy and my friends never let me live it down. Though I cringe when I see this […]
At the time my ‘then’ photo was taken, my parents were in the middle of a very bitter divorce and subsequent custody battle. This photo was taken at my mother’s parent’s house at Easter while I was visiting her. I remember this time in my life because it was when I first became aware of […]
My name is Christine, I am from Long Island, New York. This is me now with my my 7th grade yearbook picture. Unfortunately, for our Senior yearbook, my high school decided to feature the 7th grade picture along with our senior portrait. Memories! My Mother passed away when I was seven years old; my Father […]
We are an Austin based salon, and became super inspired with this project. As many of us have been bullied in our past childhoods we saw this project as a way to impact the lives of children’s across the country. As a salon we work to inspire all of our clients to love what they […]
Middle school years were, by far, some of the most miserable years of my life; I thought they would never end. I even felt suicidal during that time period. Throughout my life, I’ve always been shy and a bit quirky—not a good combination when you are desperately trying to fit in with others. I was never […]
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 […]
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 […]