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From The Ginger Who Thinks the stigma to be tan is bull For These 5 Reasons

When warm weather comes around, bikini selfies inevitably come along with it. Every Instagram feed is full of tan girls laying out by the beach or pool. Well, I am here to tell you that this stigma to be tan is bull.

Montana Lee Bray

Jul 23, 2018

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From The Ginger Who Thinks the stigma to be tan is bull For These 5 Reasons

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During the summer, my Instagram is full of sun-kissed selfies accompanied by some caption about how the new tan somehow makes life so much better. I used to believe that I was missing out on something extraordinary due to my "gingeritis" and disability to tan, but over the years I have realized that my porcelain skin is just fine. Here are just a few reasons that us pasty girls have it better.

1. Our skin can be compared to dolls

Yeah, you may think your bronzed skin is great, but do you have a doll named after your complexion?

2. Freckles

You may not think freckles are cute, but I happen to love a freckles face. If you’re too tan, those beautiful spots don’t really show up.

3. A natural deterrent

If someone is absolutely bothering you, you can blind them with your all natural light source.

4. Skin cancer risk is lower

Us pale gals know that we cannot tan, therefore we do not try to and stay inside more, therefore less chances of skin cancer

5. We have an excuse to stay inside

It is the middle of July so most days down here in Alabama it is 90 plus degrees outside. We have an excuse to stay inside when everyone else wishes they did.

All in all, every complexion is equally beautiful. Instead of trying to change what you were born with, embrace it. I know I used to dream of bronzed skin, but I am now happy with my unique color, and others should be happy with theirs too. The truth is, we were all made different for a reason. What kind of world would this be if we all looked the same?

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When warm weather comes around, bikini selfies inevitably come along with it. Every Instagram feed is full of tan girls laying out by the beach or pool. Well, I am here to tell you that this stigma to be tan is bull.

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1. Our skin can be compared to dolls

2. Freckles

3. A natural deterrent

4. Skin cancer risk is lower

5. We have an excuse to stay inside

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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