You can be perfectly happy being who you are, but believe me, the continual nasty remarks from the peanut gallery of life can wear you down. And frankly, it's nice to look in the mirror and not see what drives you crazy.

You can be perfectly happy being who you are, but believe me, the continual nasty remarks from the peanut gallery of life can wear you down. And frankly, it's nice to look in the mirror and not see what drives you crazy.
As a general guideline, if you haven't dealt with skin conditions that cause other people to harass and exclude you on a regular basis, you probably shouldn't tell other women who have had that experience that their decision to wear makeup in order to get through the day without facing that harassment is the "wrong"…

That's what my dad (also Indian) calls her!
We USers ain't like those wacky Asians at all. We spend our time getting pissed about things that really matter: like Tickle-me Elmos and Cabbage Patch dolls.