satsujin

This is the 'piece' that I wrote for the application. Meh, I dig it. LOL
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It is with a weighted struggle that I have come to terms with the attributes that make me undoubtedly me. They are nuances and physical building blocks, pieces that are both subtle and dramatic, yet separate myself from the idealistic cookie cutter --- The modern pinup. While these ideals are perpetually evolving and shaping, constantly pushing the desires of those who reach for them, there is no hiding that I am not among the throng.

I am not rail thin.
I am not the bearer of a million dollar smile.
I am not the creamy white canvas of flawless skin.

It is a dichotomy, both hindering and empowering, where my voice grows shrill and bright. For years the sound ricocheted off of deaf ears, slowly churning, and building momentum until it exploded into the project that is me, today: A siren in the torrent of social acceptance, and smothered by the world's preference for a kind of beauty.

Until you hear just how loud I can scream.