I Just Let My Hair Go -

But I Also Enjoy Life... The More Scrutiny I Am Under, The More Confident I Become. I Am Who I Am. I Can't Do Anything About It, And I Love Who I Am.

When I Was At Home, I Felt Loved And Safe. My Sisters Were Always A Safe Haven For Me. I Knew They Would Always Play With Me And Make Me Feel Like I Was One Of Them.

I'm The Ugly Sister. I'm The Fat One. I'm The Transvestite. I Have Had Those Mean Things Said About Me At Least Twice A Day For The Last Five Years. It's Horrible, You Know? But I Can Brush That Stuff Off.

Having Someone In Your Class Call You Fat, Ugly, Too Tall And So On, You Start To Think All Those Things About Yourself. And If You're Like Me, Those Words Are Played On Repeat Inside Your Head. When I Was At Home, I Felt Loved And Safe. My Sisters Were Always A Safe Haven For Me. I Knew They Would Always Play With Me And Make Me Feel Like I Was One Of Them. Now We Have So Many More Social Outlets, There Are So Many Ways To Be Stalked And Bullied. If Social Media Is Too Much For You To Handle Then Don't Have A Twitter Or Facebook Account, Just Be Yourself. Be Who You Want To Be.

My Father Raised Us Like … We Were Not Allowed To See People In Any Sort Of Colors, But Also We Were Not Allowed To Call People Fat. If Ever We Were To Say, ‘oh That Fat Person, Or This Person,’ He Would Make Us Put A Bar Of Soap In Our Mouth And Count To 10. We Weren’t Allowed To Look At People Like That.