emotional

Social media has always "preferred" a certain look, and for a long time, it made me overly critical of my appearance. Now, when I look back at my photos, I realize there was never anything wrong with me.

There will always be people who try to make you doubt yourself over small things. Don’t give them that power.

Oh girl, DO NOT set your standards to what you think is “popular opinion.” Often times popular opinion is trash. You are beautiful, sexy, feminine, radiant! Those characteristics come from the inside and show on the outside.

Playing “The SIMS Pets” except this feels real. Cannelle is dog. Cruella is cat. I am mother.

I'm not even sure we know what popular opinion even is versus what gets boosted by profit-motivated algorithms.  We do know that often what is portrayed on social media isn't accurate... in order to gain followers for brand deals, but I'm not sure if anyone has much idea how much popular opinion dictates what we see in our feeds.

Web monetization.  Working on gfam.live to help creators earn from their content.

I think it’s probably the exaggerated features of women that men are biologically attracted to at the root of their instinct, but the unrealistic expectations are now widespread thought to be normal even if those looks were achieved through plastic surgery, makeup and filters.

Definitely bad for the brain. 

I think quite a lot of men and women don’t even realize so much of what is on typical social media is exaggerated or fake. The Kardashian family has definitely had a huge influence on beauty standards for women and a lot of men are looking for that. More shallow men definitely have their preferred type, but then a lot of more sophisticated men calculate personality into attraction and are probably more attuned to what social media is doing.

Oh absolutely!  Social media is absolutely causing havoc on everyone's self image because what we're presented with constantly is way more extreme than it is common... but we also don't really know if people find that actually attractive or if it's all mainly boosted to us to sell products. 

I really feel terrible for preteens and teenagers being bombarded with all this while their brains and personalities are still forming...