Story: The Journey of 'Mediocre Beauty'
We must be familiar with the term mediocre and beautiful as separate adjective. Yet, mediocre and beautiful have quite opposite meaning. Beauty, the noun form, tends to imply something that is visually attractive. While, mediocre stands for something that is ordinary, just acceptable but not good. But, what if there is a certain level of beauty which 'deserved' to be called mediocre? I claim myself that level. Here's my journey on discovering and accepting my 'mediocre beauty'. As someone who grown up in the mediocre environment, means not poor nor rich, I was familiar with mediocre term in almost all aspect of life. But, it did hit me hard when I realized that for sure I was not 'classified' as beautiful girl back on my teenage days. Well, just like many Indonesian women, I unconsciously internalized the beauty standard from the society where I lived in. Back then, I remember it was at the end of my primary school, I was looking at my national exam card ph
