Man= beauty. A man who asks himself, “Why am I here? What is my purpose?” and does nothing about it is a lost man. A man who says, “This is why I’m here, this is my purpose.” is a beautiful man. Whether he be an artist or a lawyer, a man who knows what he wants from life, who appreciates the mundane as the magnificent, is beautiful.
Man= beauty. A man who asks himself, “Why am I here? What is my purpose?” and does nothing about it is a lost man. A man who says, “This is why I’m here, this is my purpose.” is a beautiful man. Whether he be an artist or a lawyer, a man who knows what he wants from life, who appreciates the mundane as the magnificent, is beautiful.
the confidence of self.
Members of Big Bang, but not any other kpop boy bands. Yeah.
Beautiful is non- judgmental. It is being a feminist while staying masculine, in whatever definition. It is being proud and open.
I think you are beautiful.
Confidence.
Overabundance of acceptance and energy and curiosity.
Relaxing and being able to be.
Complete openness. Smile.
As a girl I flooded with images of feminine looking teenage pop stars and actors. This sufficed for some time. When I get older I watch romantic comedies like ‘So I Married an Axe Murder’ and wondered if the boys I knew could ever be so tender, so quirky, so funny as Mike Meyers. This helped pass the time. Then I dated some people. Some were assholes, some weren’t. But I realize that the supposed ‘sexy flaws’ I’d been exposed to - the cold Mr. Darcy’s or the animalistic Edwards - they weren’t worth it. I think a lot of girls mistake these characters restraint for romance, take their careless misogyny as acceptable banter… But it’s not okay, and these men - these idols - are better left fictional.
Because there are real people out there. Maybe someone’s brother, a friend, or even that guy on the subway…they are real, with real flaws and real feelings. When I fell in love for the first time it wasn’t because of a grand gesture or a snappy punch line. It was because I knew him well enough to know his flaws, because I was old enough to differentiate between ‘flaws’ and men who didn’t care about me, and I still wanted to be with him. And it was that…his honesty, his willingness, that I found beautiful.
I found beauty when I let go of what I thought it was supposed to look like…except that I still really want to date Mike Meyers.
