Kim Tongin

Sep 19, 2024 | theoffingmag.com | Jessica Poon |Erin Langner |Kim Tongin |Jessalyn Maguire

I was not attractive in high school. I’m not complaining. Being homely is an underrated form of birth control. It isn’t necessarily salubrious for a teenage girl’s self-esteem, but self-esteem is a lie invented to sell shampoo. I fancied myself a photographer as a teenager, but I had ulterior motives. All this to say, I knew that the boys I liked in high school would not reciprocate my feelings, unless they were lobotomized and had uncorrected vision problems. I didn’t need to date them.