Icky

Icky's latest video ended up on my feed and it was about her brainworms; or at least what she calls her lack of confidence and body dysmorphia. 

She looks terrific and transitioned at age 23. I will occasionally glance at her content to see how a GenZ navigates being transgender in this era. It's gratifying to see that people remain the same and that the insecurities which plague us in youth are universal. 

Icky doesn't see what others see. Instead she sees broad shoulders and hears a voice that isn't to her liking. Anyone else would view this as nitpicking and yet we are our own worse critics. Her fans give her glowing praise but it doesn't matter what they think and instead what we do about ourselves.

If you aren't relieved by her self-appraisal you should be because it's proof that we have myopia regarding ourselves and we should just stop it and simply live. 

I wouldn't want to go back to my 20's if for no other reason that there is so much focus on what a fickle public thinks about us which is completely irrelevant.

But we need to live a little to learn that lesson; one which over time she undoubtedly will and her sense of self will only grow.