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Security through Insecurity utilizes photography, art and activism to show that our flaws are our most beautiful strengths. Interviews from wonderful humans are used to communicate embracing beauty and lessen societal stereotypes that have been commoditized through our insecurities. We strive for normality, inclusivity and acceptance.
Beauty should be strictly in the eye of the beholder.
To believe that frivolous things like money, fame, and societal beauty standards quantify happiness is a complete and utter lie.
People with different voices and perspectives as well as experiences need to be heard within the media.
The media should accurately portray people as a whole - not just an unrealistic and photoshopped standard.
My goals revolve around very different life skills – even my physical ones.
Everyone should have an open mind, even when you disagree or don’t know about a certain topic, everyone should be willing to learn new thing and hear other perspectives that will help society grow.
I think that we internalize a lot of societal standards and don’t realize how unhealthy it is.
I truly do believe that self-acceptance comes from learning how to rely on yourself internally, rather than external sources.
The effects of social media are largely determined by the type of people and pages you follow, so I always use these platforms as a source of inspiration.
Things in the media that bothered me were the amount of perfection that was advertised surrounding people and their ‘proportional’/free moving/comfortable bodies. It showed that the only people that were comfortable with themselves were the ones who had no flaws.
While it may be important for different companies to get material out, I feel that, at times, the information given can actually be quite harmful to society as it holds no intellectual meaning.
I would change media trends to be more natural and focus more on who you are and not who you should want to be.
If I happen to not be as successful in one area, I’ll be content knowing that I gave it my best. You are beautiful for just being you. Just because you don’t look like the “societal norm” doesn’t mean you aren’t beautiful. Just be your best.
I wish the way media portrayed people was more honest and inclusive. There is so much left out in the current portrayal, but I am beginning to see more and more representations being shown and that makes me hopeful.
It is so important to be exposed to this other side of social media, one in which people talk about the separation of worth and physical traits.
A lot of commercials that show relationships bother me because it makes it seem like only skinny people can fall in love.
Though society does have unrealistic expectations, at a certain age people stop caring, still being young and trying to filter these expectations is hard.
My eyes have always been challenging, no one quite understands my situation and the unpredictable pain that makes me blind for days at a time.
My nose and widows peak used to bother me a lot. Now I have come to the point where I don’t allow myself to validate unaccepting thoughts about features that don’t make up my whole being.
Adults were the ones who judged me the most. I used to wear baggy clothes to hide my (chubby) body. I was tormented for being a tomboy and called a lesbian or thunder thighs, I still struggle to overcome the perceptions of myself that were placed onto me at a young age.
I grew up swimming, so having larger, stronger arms made me feel like I was not feminine or possessed the same softness as other women.
I had very supportive parents who focused on how to give gratitude for having a healthy body and focus my attention less towards the surface.
