#EverydayLookism

Story 597

Once when I was eating a packet of crisps, my brother was watching me with revulsion and said, with so much contempt, "Don't you KNOW how disgusting you look?" I was 16 and I've never forgotten it, although I'm nearly 40. I think it's the single most unkind thing anyone has ever said to me — no one can wound quite as much as a sibling can.