How do I deal with office politics?

[Luck Of Fire]

There are too much alleged favoritism in the group and I am put at a huge disadvantage because I am ugly and poor while the other girls comes from rich families and are "pretty". I do see this very well because during class events, the photographer NEVER took any of my photos and choose to focus on a few pretty girls only. To make things worse, the photographer is my teacher-in-charge, I do not want to complain to him because he's going to decide on the report he will be writing about me so I am screwed...okay.

During the appointment of the group executive members, people who are younger than me are picked, maybe I shouldn't complaint about this but I think I should be given a CHANCE, because everyone else in my age group are PICKED leaving me this pathetic senior with no power, no position, nothing at ALL.

Almost all the boys in the group claims that I am ugly and they hate me for that, so I feel really upset over it. To make things worse my school do not allow people to put make-up on or color their hair, or even to wear colored contact lenses so I have nothing to help me change the game.

Some of the executive members blocked me on social media platforms, don't allow me to sit close to them and I really feel estranged from the group. I hate them very much and as much as I try to, they seems to display no interest in making friends with me. I also once overheard them with some of the executive members gossiping about me and my background and all the mistakes I've made, I am still so f--king angry over this today.

I am also given very minor roles in plays despite my commitment, I come in early, I leave the group late, I attend all group meetings even though some of those post-executive doesn't give a sh-t about the meeting. I ask for bigger roles but they told me that I have no "talent", I end up being the one turning off and on the lights. I felt extremely demoralise and skipped those meetings, I ended up getting scolded and threaten to scrape this event from my year-end report. [the others who skipped weren't threaten and they enjoyed the benefits]

what should I do??

[Colin]

Go onto a library catalog of your alumnus school or local library and find a book on office politics, im actually reading up one as we speak. Read it over the weekend.

[Richard]

Focus on what you can bring to the party in a positive sense. Don't get hung up on jealousy of others - it will get you nowhere. There will always be people who are prettier, more popular, cleverer, richer. If you come over as angry with a big chip on your shoulder everyone will avoid you (can you blame them?). If you come over as the fun, ugly one then people will accept you. Find a talent or something you can do - we all lack the ability to do some things so find what you are good at, and if that is switching lights on and off the aim to be the best at it - make a joke of it but don't sulk and be awkward if you want to be involved and have friends.