Buck Teeth. What are you saddened about?

I suppose I shouldn’t have been, but I was shocked and saddened to hear about the kind of comments that Aimee Lou Wood, the shining star of The White Lotus and Sex Education received criticizing her buck teeth and lack of Botox. [The Hollywood Reporter]

I’m saddened to live in a world where we can’t love and accept each other as we are in all our glorious quirkiness, messiness and beauty.

I’m saddened to live in the world where going viral is more important than working toward mastery.

I’m saddened to live in a world where threatening to rape, kill, or harm someone online is considered free speech.

I’m saddened to live in a world where people steal each other‘s words, music, or art, instead of creating their own.

I’m saddened to live in a world where not everyone is afforded a living wage, a home and enough food.

I’m saddened to live in a world where more kids dream of being influencers than astronauts.

I’m saddened to live in a world where we can’t appreciate different cultures, genders and races without being labeled misappropriation.

I’m saddened to live in a world where incels, trolls, and tyrants are allowed to thrive in anonymity behind the protected walls of social media, free to attack anyone whose thoughts, ideas or views they disagree with.

I’m saddened to live in a world where being a popular brand is more important than being a good person.

I’m saddened to live in a world where one mishap, misstep, or mistake is cause for being canceled.

I’m saddened to live in a world where people feel entitled to criticize and comment on women’s faces and bodies with their righteous judgment.

I’m saddened to live in a world where 10-year-old’s dream of success is simply to be rich.

I’m saddened to live in a world where we can no longer have civilized, intelligent conversations about our political differences —where respect, understanding and open-mindedness have been lost.

I’m saddened to live in a world where likes online matter more than love in person.

I’m saddened to live in a world where screen time has replaced reading, playing, and imagining.

I’m saddened to live in a world where women feel pressured to hide or tone down their powerfulness so others don’t feel small.

I’m saddened to live in a world where mediocrity passes as greatness and fame equals success.

I’m saddened to live in a world where the majority of comments on an amazing actress is about her buck teeth and lack of Botox instead of her talent, insight and uniqueness.

I’m saddened to live in a world where I have to hesitate to post this given fear of backlash, meanness and threats.

What are you saddened about?

What makes you glad?

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