Spirit explores our ideas of self-image and beauty in this issue. High school can be a difficult time. A lot of personal and social changes take place in these years; we’re constantly trying to fit in and fit an image of who we think we should be and who people will accept. Trying to live up to these expectations can make us act in ways that aren’t in our best interests. Expectations can make us hard ourselves and others when we don’t fit into certain ideals. Selena Gomez’s song “Lose You to Love Me” is a song that reflects how hard breaking up with someone is or stopping something that isn’t good for us. Breaking up can be necessary in order to be our best selves.
Lyrics: We’d always go into it blindly / I needed to lose you to find me / This dancing was killing me softly / I needed to hate you to love me, yeah / To love, love, yeah / To love, love, yeah / To love, yeah / I needed to lose you to love me, yeah
Questions: What ideals do you want others to see in you? How are your self-expectations different from others’ social expectations in your school? How are they the same? When have these expectations come into conflict? How did you handle it?