"I hate my thighs"

"My teeth are crooked"

"I love my hair"

Do you ever find yourself looking into the mirror and checking yourself out? Maybe nonchalantly taking that selfie in the corner? Or pretending the sidewalk is your runway and doing a catwalk jut seems right? Yeah? Me too. You may have just read those three questions and thought "wow whoever does that must be pretty into themselves and cocky." So what? Every girl should feel like they can rule the world and love every part of themselves inside and out without feeling like are self-absorbed or being torn down. In today's world, being a girl is a never ending obstacle that now more than ever we face what comes at us each and every day and it is finally time we embrace it.

Every morning when I wake up I enjoy reading my "girl bibles," Cosmopolitan magazine and HerCampus.com, it has become a habit that I don't plan on breaking. As I go on and read whatever headlining articles pop up, I come across ones that pertain to the rise of an eating disorder, how to get that guy's number, or at home remedies to get glowing skin.

What about ways for girls to become more confident and love each other? Us girls need that more than ever. With the growing rates of disorders, mental and physical, we need to work together to lift each other up and show the true meaning of girl power as cheesy as that does sound. No more criticizing one another based off their looks. The amount of how times I will be eavesdropping and hear a girl say "ew she looks like she's gained weight" or "oh my god she fills in her eyebrows way too much," makes me realize how much us girls hate on each other. There is no competition OK? We were all born differently, different hair, body type, and personality, so let's embrace that. No one wants someone who is exactly like them anyways, so instead of picking fun of that girl who looks like her eyebrows look as dark as a black sharpie or to the girl who looks like she gained weight, compliment her. She may have suffered an eating disorder, gained weight and is now more confident than ever. Build her up instead of tearing her down.

I am the girl who is guilty of always checking myself out or taking a selfie whenever I feel like I look good, and who cares? I'm not cocky, I just love myself and who I am. I'm proud to be me and every girl should feel that way too. No one deserves to be judged by their appearance or criticized for finally beginning to love who they are. It's not being self-obsessed, and if you think so then so be it. Let us all be obsessed with ourselves. So before I stop my little motivational speech, make a promise to yourself. Every day when you wake up, look in the mirror and tell yourself one, two, or however many things you love about you and then go out in the world and do the same to someone else. Support. A seven letter word that goes a long way.

Girl power.