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Happy Monday, welcome to the central line of my life. Ugh, let me just get this off my chest... having an instagram account is one of the most stressful things I have done. I know some people will think, wow she must have no life, but if you do then you’re not seeing this how I do… so let me help you out. So I hope now you can see how this is a big stressor for me. Not only is there a massive amount of thought that goes into making an instagram post, but there is also the stress of how people will react to it.
What is a “like?” It is an endorsement of your life. It is a visual representation of social acceptance by anyone that has an instagram. We pride ourselves on how much exposure and acceptance our public life gets. Am I wrong? But wait; can we actually say that our instagram accounts are completely transparent? I don’t think so… at least, it’s not for me. Everyone posts what they think will be the most widely “liked.” Social media is a platform for editing how people perceive your life. Nobody realistically has a single-themed-beautifully-edited-problem-free-life. And that is the biggest problem with it, especially for people we follow that we view as role models. One of my biggest triggers was looking through my explore page and seeing super skinny, beautifully posed women with zero flaws. Everyone idolizes and endorses these women as a norm. In reality, very few people exist that look like this. It’s a very false representation of a “normal” woman, companies like Victoria’s Secret promote this, while companies like Dove have a “natural beauty” campaign. While I was struggling with my eating disorder, being able to accept my body as “normal” was my biggest problem because I viewed an ideal body as a Victoria’s Secret model’s body. The pressure that girls, boys, men and women face on a day to day basis to conform to these highly publicized norms is so high. My personal goal, is to make my social media, ie: Twitter, Instagram and Facebook more transparent. I know that saying I’m not going to worry about what people think at all isn’t true, because realistically, I will. But I’m working towards total transparency, starting with my blog. XOXO, Em If anyone has anything they would like me to write about, or would want to write and for me to share, feel free to email me : [email protected] |