The celebration and validation of a girl's individuality is the most powerful antidote to society's grotesquely distorted definition of the ideal girl. So let's make it a practice to celebrate the uniqueness of the girls we love.

Cookie Cutter

They call them cookie cutter houses
Each looks the same as every other one
Like cookies cut from a mold
They are so similar
That it’s difficult to tell them apart
The message seems to be
That each should appear
Exactly as the others
As though conformity
Equates to quality
But I am not
A cookie cutter girl
Who designs herself
To be like everybody else
I want to be like one of those houses
On an interesting street
That draws your attention
Because it is different in a way
That intrigues you
And makes you wish
You could take a peek inside
I don’t want to build a house
That is so like the rest
That I can’t even tell which is mine
I want to build something
Different than the rest
Because I am not
A cookie cutter girl


I am Beautiful: Journal Affirmations for Girls