“As long as she looked the way she did, as long as she was ugly, she would have to stay with these people. Somehow she belonged to them. Longs hours ahead sat looking in the mirror, trying to discover the secret of ugliness that made her ignored or despised at school, by teachers and classmates alike. She was the only member of her class who sat alone at a double desk.”
-The Bluest Eye
Photographer: Steven Meisel
