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Originally Posted by katerpillar
I remember in school I used to get teased all the time for being pale. I wasn't one of those emo kids deliberately who tried to look ghostly, or anything - I'm just very fair skinned, and I had more sense than to try and change it for the sake of society's most pointlessly stupid beauty ideal.
It sort of sucks how much pressure there is to be "tanned" (or orange) when you're in school. Hopefully rules like this will reduce the pressure somewhat, so pasty kids like me are free to go about their business without being made to feel inferior because they don't have skin the shade of a basketball. Honestly, over my life I've felt more pressure about my skin colour than any other aspect of my physical appearance. Why? What's so bloody wrong with being pale and staying pale if you're born that way? It's ridiculous. It's not like it's inherently unattractive - at least, not if you bother to think for yourself.
Also, SVZ - most schools in the UK (and Australia) do ban makeup on students. They wear uniforms, too.
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I couldn't have said it better myself! I've had people try to explain to me that if I wore bronzer I would look better. I'm pale, bronzer would make me look like a freak, I've tried it out before. My mom has red hair, I inherited her pale skin. I'm ok with being pale, I really don't care at all. It's everyone else who takes issue with it.
My boyfriend in high school used to beg me to go tanning because he thought I'd look better tan (yes, he was actually quite a jerk). I went a few times and would just get red. He never understood. Thankfully my husband now doesn't care and just likes to compare how "tan" he looks next to my pale arms.