So I was stunned to see this tweet:
I never would have guessed that Toni Braxton was that short, but it’s no surprise; there are lots of famous female celebrities who are short but seem a lot taller and have incredible ✨presence✨. Sabrina Carpenter is famously tiny (5′), and then there’s Jennifer Lopez (5’4″), Shakira (5’1″), Lady Gaga (5’1″), Cardi B (5’3″)—you get the idea. Just goes to show that you can be an unstoppable force and have the world revolve around you no matter your height.
I used to be tall for my age; I hit my current height when I was 10 and got mistaken for a high schooler a few times and because I hated it, I started wishing I wouldn’t grow tall. I firmly believe to this day that I willed myself into shortness because it seems to have worked; I went from being in the back row during class pictures in sixth grade and then being in the first row come first year high school and never again grew a single inch vertically. I never thought it was an ordeal, despite writing a humorous piece about short people problems from Spot.ph nine years ago. And I always chuckle when I see posts about how short people are so angry because we’re closer to hell and how all the rage is compressed in a smaller package. I have to admit that it gets occasionally intimidating when interacting with tall others, but that’s the social anxiety talking, not my shortness. And it helps to remember that there are so many awesome short people out there (representation matters and all that).
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