“You’re Not Pretty, But You’re Attractive.”
<p>I read </p>
<p><a href="https://medium.com/u/b4090c60244f?source=post_page-----a5b979bcf788--------------------------------" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Evelyn Martinez</a></p>
<p>’s <a href="https://medium.com/dark-side-of-the-casino/can-hot-women-get-a-break-please-445cf62be8e2" rel="noopener">essay</a>, “Can Hot Women Get a Break, Please?” and immediately sympathized with her beautiful sister. Note I didn’t say <em>empathized</em>. I can understand how it must be insulting to constantly be underestimated and judged for being beautiful. Yet I can’t say I’ve experienced it.</p>
<p>I have never fit into a conventional standard of beauty. My eyes are too small, my nose too flat and wide, my lips too small, and my hair too limp (although there was a period in the 90s when heroin chic was in and flat limp hair was a thing). My body is also pretty average — not skinny but also not curvy. My best feature is my smile.</p>
<p><a href="https://medium.com/atta-girl/youre-not-pretty-but-you-re-attractive-a5b979bcf788"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>