Kelly Clarkson Says People Who Were 'Really Mean' About Her 'American Idol' Win Ended Up Being Coaches on 'The Voice'

Like a lot of the other girls, Alex had found out quickly that she was not beautiful enough to model. The lucky ones realized this sooner rather than later. But she was tall enough and skinny enough that people often assumed she was more beautiful than she was. A good trick.

From childhood, often without even noticing it, we learn exactly how to win approval and belonging in our particular cultural context. We act bubbly, quiet, or brave to please our families. We immediately begin to like whatever our friends say they like. We throw ourselves into schoolwork, babysitting, family feuds—whatever we believe will assure o

Growing is wobbly and full of mistakes, especially as a teenager—mistakes that you certainly don’t want to make in the public eye, let alone be known for for the rest of your life. But that’s what happens when you’re a child star. Child stardom is a trap. A dead end. And I can see that even if Mommy can’t.

I started to understand the meaning of glamour; that how you present yourself to your fellow man is a way of communicating ideas.

Gaga also has connected with young people who have been ostracized and bullied, whether they were gay or straight, because she endured repeated cruelty by peers during her teenage years. In lesson 2, we learned she was thrown into a trash can by bullies in her neighborhood. She was made fun of and called names by schoolmates. “I was called really h

Sandberg and those who followed in her wake became poster girls for a certain type of contemporary feminism, one that critics