Never let anyone talk you out of liking yourself, or tell you that you don’t deserve it. People want to keep self-esteem away from you, because once you get it, you’ve already won — you’re that much closer to being immune to the rest of the ignorant, scapegoating shit they can throw at you. Nobody’s actually worried that self-acceptance will make you unwilling or unable to change; they’re worried it’ll make you realize that you don’t need to. And frankly, knowing that somebody finds the possibility of my contentment and happiness that damn threatening? Just makes me more inclined to flaunt it.