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“Don’t make me over…now that I’d do anything for you…Don’t make me over…now that you know…how I adore you…”

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The most recent Keeping Up With the Kardashians episode disturbed me on so many levels. Regardless of how relevant one may feel that the family is, no one can deny that The Kardashian bunch has successfully branded themselves.

Watching Kanye West calmly stroll in and destroy Kim’s entire image with an arrogant wave of his hand…especially when that image was what attracted him to her in the first place was unsettling. Many blogs and message boards have murmured about the “change” in Kim’s style. She seems less glam…a little sloppy and not as carefully sculpted as before. To watch the transformation begin with this episode was disturbing – ESPECIALLY when it was evident that she was only doing it to seek the approval of her mate. To grow is one thing. To be RE
created by another is something altogether different.

She is not unlike many of us. We are born with a sense of who we are – our purposefulness developed in the womb, yet when we get out into the world, we allow others to dictate their image of who they envision for us.

“Accept me for what I am…accept me for the things that I do…”

One thing that I am learning is that if I am not confident in who I am in my core, it becomes easy for others take over who they think I should be. This post isn’t necessarily directed at women allowing themselves to be taken over by a romantic partner. We must remain cognizant of the demands of our parents, our children, our friends and colleagues. To paraphrase RuPaul – “We are all born naked. The rest is drag.”
Why are we allowing everyone else to choose our wardrobe?