Why Every Girl Needs To Watch  " I Feel Pretty"
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Every Girl Needs To Watch 'I Feel Pretty'

It teaches the life lesson every girl needs to hear

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Every Girl Needs To Watch 'I Feel Pretty'

The movie "I Feel Pretty" starring Amy Schumer follows the life of Renee who can't seem to be "that" girl.

"That" girl is the girl who everyone assumes has the most perfect life and boys falling like flies for them. Renee, like many girls, struggles with the idea of self-confidence, and self-worth. She thinks that the only way she can feel good about herself is by looking thin, and like a model. She later learns that she is wrong.

While working as a data strategist for Lily LeClaire (LL) cosmetics Renee starts to get sick of her life, she feels like she will never be as pretty as the people she see's in her daily life getting all the attention. She hear's of a receptionist position opening at the LL headquarters. As much as she wants this position she doesn't feel like she is good enough for the company.

After an incident with a wishing well and a spinning bike she gains a shit ton of confidence and turns into a "whole" new person. She starts seeing the world differently. She even thinks she looks different. While having this whole new view of the world Renee slowing starts to lose they life she had before. While gaining power and the "perks" of being "pretty" Renee also losses her friends, and a bit of her self.

After yet another falling incident Renee once again lacks confidence in who she is, she leaves her company, and even dumps her boyfriend. She feels she is no longer worthy of all the things that "pretty" people have. And she once again feels lost and alone.

While Renee's story doesn't end there and the movie goes on, many girls feel that they have to be "pretty" in order to feel important. So many girls spend thousands of dollars on makeup and hair treatments just to look "perfect". But, in all reality perfect is hard to define, especially when referring to beauty. Because what I think looks good or perfect on me may not be what someone else thinks.

And guess what.

WE SHOULDN'T CARE!!!!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and guess what, we are the holder of our own beauty and confidence. We as a person control how we feel about ourselves. The bullies out there that belittle people have no value when it comes to defining our own self-worth.

I, like Renee, decide that I am pretty each and every day.

I decide if I feel good.

I decide if I am confident.

I decide if I am worth it.

And just like everyone else. I am worth it because I feel that I am.

You are worth it because you know you are.

I won't ever be "perfect" but my flaws and the things I dwell on will not get me down and they shouldn't get you down either.

That is what "I Feel Pretty" teaches us. And we need to live like Renee and feel pretty every day.

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