'as seen on TV' book box story (book box in progress)
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She was just a little girl, eyes wide, taking it all in without realizing
the world was already shaping her.
Every story, every lesson, every screen, page in a magazine.. teaching her how she should look, how she should move, how her worth could be measured by attention and desire. Female stereotypes pressed onto her before she even knew herself. we were taught to perform for a gaze we never asked for and a world that didn’t protect us.
“As Seen On TV” is a marketing phrase, but it also became a cultural blueprint. If something appeared on a screen, it carried authority. It shaped taste.. aspirations... bodies... many of us learned to monitor ourselves the way a camera might. To anticipate how we would be perceived before we even asked what we felt.
this book box is dedicated to the girl that i looked at in the mirror and hated. that poor girl that was beautiful, brave, .. good... and i was so mean to her. i still see her in my mind.. or when i make eye contact with myself in the mirror.. it's time to say, "i am so sorry i didn't allow you to be yourself. i've ripped off the veil and see who you wanted to be. let's be that human being. let's do this!"
i take her hand, and we save humanity