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‘What If I Knew I Was Beautiful?'<\/b><\/p>\n

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“You say I don’t know I’m beautiful, but what if I did?”<\/span>  <\/p>\n

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That’s how Daysha Edewi<\/a> begins her riveting takedown of pop culture that repeatedly tells women<\/a> we don’t — and shouldn’t — know that we’re beautiful. The BuzzFeed writer and director<\/a> calls<\/a> out musicians including One Direction and Maroon 5 in her new spoken word poem “What If I Knew I Was Beautiful<\/a>.”  <\/p>\n

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Edewi uses her poem as a reminder that women<\/a> don’t need men to assure women of their beauty<\/a>. “I am not a parking ticket looking for your validation,” she says. “Your songs filled with sweet nothings are no longer allowed to park for free. They’re no longer allowed to cheapen my self-esteem.” <\/p>\n

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If women<\/a> do in fact think they’re beautiful prior to a man<\/a> assuring them of that fact, Edewi says they’re faced with harsh backlash and are considered “bitchy” or “vain.” <\/p>\n

“What if I looked in the mirror and actually liked what I saw?” Edewi says. <\/span>“What if I woke up really feeling myself?”<\/p>\n

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Edewi explained why she wrote the poem on her Tumblr<\/a>. “What I am saying is that there are far too many songs in which the main take-away is that, as a woman<\/a>, the only way I can be deemed beautiful is when I don’t know it,” she wrote. “And then the only time it is ok for me to see and own my beauty is when a man<\/a> recognizes it.”<\/p>\n

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Towards the end of her poem Edewi hammers her point home: “Don’t be afraid to be a woman<\/a> who likes herself.” <\/span><\/p>\n

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Preach. <\/p>\n

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