The main reason I am a youth worker is that I love young people (in a good way ;-) I love their energy, their enthusiasm, their fresh look at life, and I especially love it when they see through stuff.
It's part of the tragedy of being a teenager that there are a lot of people trying to get them to believe a whole lot of rubbish about themselves, like "You have to be thin/buff/blonde to be beautiful" or "There is no hope for you". I have to say that the intarwebs haven't always helped with this. Images of what beauty is supposed to be are plastered everywhere, stories about what a waste of space teenagers are abound, and places like Facebook and Tumblr repeat and spread banal sentimental messages that actually mean very little. Sometimes young people fall for these and post them*. But ocassionally a very savvy young person spots the underlying BS and calls it! Like this image:
Kudos to the girl in the bottom pic! And other young people: don't be afraid to ask what's really going on!
*Although they may repost them because they express something the young person couldn't find words for themselves and if that's the case that's OK :-)
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