“I am Beautiful Day”

SO I just got invited to a Fb event called “I am Beautiful Day”- a day where women celebrate how beautiful they are. I didn’t read the whole description but I bet they mean both inside and out. and that every girl is pretty and unique in her own way.

Ignoring the idea that I don’t find myself very beautiful and that there are many women who shouldn’t ‘flaunt what they “got”’, I also have to consider that though there must be a % of people from the about 12,400 people attending this that are no so pretty on the inside either.

Some of the kinds of women who go to these kinds of events are essentially celebrating themselves. 12,400 people who have chosen to join such an event- not because they have self esteem issues, but exactly the opposite. They think enough of themselves to say, “Yeah! I am beautiful! Let’s do that! I’d like to celebrate me!”

It brings to my mind an image of women much like the one who invited me to the event- self indulgent, lazy, and unfortunately ugly woman- inside and out. I can see masses of them sun bathing and fanning themselves on “I am Beautiful day” putting their noses up at the hired help and bashing the skinny girls in the magazines they bought to learn tips on how to manipulate your man into being the Romeo you always wanted. Maybe shouting ‘YOU GO GIRL’ at each other.

Here is what I think they should be celebrating: Let’s be Beautiful Day. How about being kind and understanding and patient? That’ll make you feel beautiful.

Look, I know the importance of *feeling* pretty from time to time. I don’t mind feeling pretty (until someone says it out loud. Then I get all kinds of shy >///<). But in truth, I’ll put on sexy underwear or long socks to walk around in to feel pretty from time to time. I get the effort here. And I can’t condemn their attempts in any way. I’m sure it’ll be good for someone to remind themselves that all hope is not lost. I’m only commenting on what came to mind when I read it. And that image is now stuck in my head enough to convince me not to join “I am Beautiful Day”.