Pretty Privilege (my experience)

Pretty people receive more benefits compared to others. This is something I've personally experienced in my life that I believe is important for people to acknowledge. 

In middle school and throughout out most of my earlier years in high school I would say I was pretty unconventionally attractive. To be honest I thought that I looked fine (and I was actually pretty confident). But looking back on my experiences from then until now I def. think that I was not seen as attractive by most of my peers. 

Some people think pretty privilege is only as deep as holding the door open for someone vs. not for someone else, but it runs deeper than that. 

During my first few years of high school when I was first starting to learn to express myself and kinda had a more alt style compared to most of the kids at my school I was alone most of the time. I was also really shy but I still think my looks played a big part in how I was treated. 

For my first few years in high school I had no friends which kind of forced me to indulge deeply into the hobbies and activities I liked most (like fashion). 

And guess what!

Once I started changing up my style a little bit, got my braces removed, and overall fit the more "normal" stereotype for looks, I made friends almost immediately during my junior and senior year of school.

My point of this slight backstory slop though is that once my looks were "acceptable" to societal standards I made friends, was talked to more in the hallways and class, and even got a boyfriend. But I haven't really changed much internally since then and I have found people since leaving high school that also accept my weirder side. 

So honestly even now I sometimes think, what if I didn't change or "glow up" and my style stayed the same. Would I still have the friends and opportunities that I do now? Or would I still be weird and shy and lonely like I was back then. 

Just something to think about before you judge someone based on their looks. 

<3 Paige