What do you want about the way in which you look? Final week, we requested that query, and lots of readers emailed us pictures. Right here, eight girls share type eyes, curvy legs, and powerful noses…

Says Rebekah (above), who lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, “I really feel so glowy within the night solar, prefer it’s reflecting one thing golden in me. I used to be made to bask.”

“I’m so grateful J.Lo hit it huge once I was in center faculty, as a result of I grew up pondering my huge Puerto Rican ass was a factor of magnificence. I’ve additionally discovered inspiration from fats activists, like Virginia Sole-Smith and Aubrey Gordon. On my ebook tour final fall, a moderator snapped this photograph of me — spherical stomach, the entire mushy, seen package deal — and known as me ‘a vibrant, sensible gentle.’ I take a look at it now and see what she noticed: my physique not as one thing that takes up area, however one thing that gives it.” — Marian, Portland, Oregon

“I really like my dimples! They’re pronounced, like somebody caught their fingers right into a ball of clay once I was born. My maternal grandmother (‘Nana’) additionally had attractive excessive cheekbones and a large face. At any time when I look within the mirror, I see her reflection in mine, her vibrant crimson lipstick kissing my cheeks, precisely the place the divots are.” — Emma, New York Metropolis

“In highschool, I walked throughout the stage to just accept my Nationwide Honors Society plaque, and my aunt stated, appreciatively, ‘Oooh, take a look at them huge legs!’ On the time, I used to be mortified. It took me 20 years, however now I perceive the praise. My curvy legs carry the remainder of this physique superbly. When it’s even barely heat, I yell, ‘Sky’s out, thighs out!’ and placed on the shortest shorts I can discover.” — Abby, Chicago

“Small darkish moles have been showing since I hit my thirties; they’re dermatosis papulosa nigra, innocent moles frequent amongst Black of us. I watched three small stars take their place on the nook of my eye, and I assumed, how cool to have a face that’s nonetheless altering, a reminder to search for in awe on the night time stars that guided our ancestors!” — Sarah, State School, Pennsylvania

“Once I smile, my eyes get all squinty and basically disappear. It’s my plain pleasure! Right here, I’m with my kiddo on a airplane, and my youngsters celebrating Tashlich by a river throughout Rosh Hashanah.” — Jill, Cousins Island, Maine

“My masi (maternal aunt) was taking a look at daguerreotypes of Indian girls and remarked, ‘They’ve such clever faces, it’s their robust noses.’ The ladies in my household have robust noses, too, and I assumed that was the best praise a girl may obtain — to look clever!” — Sukhie, Seattle

“I really like that I look type. My two-year-old daughter took this photograph, above, whereas we have been chatting on the sofa. My eyes are centered on her, I’m smiling, and my eyebrows are arched like she’s telling me probably the most fascinating factor I’ve ever heard. I received so emotional once I noticed this photograph, as a result of it’s a stark distinction to how my mom checked out me. When my daughter thinks of her childhood, I hope that is the face she sees in her reminiscences.” — Jenn, Vancouver

Thanks a lot for sharing!

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