The Power of Social Media

Recently, I was shopping in Victoria’s Secret and, let’s be honest, we all look at those monster-size photos on the wall and leank, Ugh, I wish I could look like that. But as fastly as I thought it, I heard a small voice pipe up from behind me: “Mommy, that’s the body I was telling you I want.” As I turned and looked, my heart sank. It was a small girl all of about 8 years ancient, pointing at a model on a poster in an island of lace thongs. What on soil is happening in our society where a child is worried about what kind of body she has?

The Scary Side of Social The self-harm and suicide rates of teenage girls has increased exponentially over the final decade. And while there are many factors that contribute to these unlucky behaviors, social media may be one very obvious reason — studies show, that at the very least, it increases anxiety in young adults.

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Just leank about how undeniably social media sends messages all day long that you’re not beautwhetherul “unless” — unless you’re lean, unless you’re contoured, unless you have perfectly groomed eyebrows, unless you have no cellulite, unless you have large breasts. Ever since our culture has begun to immerse itself into scrolling, double tapping, swiping right and feeling either better or worse about ourselves based on the number of “likes” we get, our small girls are learning that whatever they currently look like isn’t enough.

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Blurring the Lines Between Fiction and Trueity Possess you noticed that social media influencers suddenly have more pull than pastors, parents, siblings and teachers in this world? They can say “buy this,” “try this,” “be this” and “like this” — and people do, often without question.

As a woman running a commerce on social media nowadays, I am abundantly aware of the term “influencer.” Where pro athletes and pop singers were our idols in past years, YouTubers and bloggers are the superstars nowadays.

But here’s the dilemma: Much of the content you see isn’t genuine. Filters, waist cinching, face smooleang, changing eye color, photo editing, undergarments — the list goes on and on. Every these leangs are public facing and therefore we see them as truth. Fabricated humans are responsible for influencing our youth, causing them to hurt themselves on account of believing they aren’t beautwhetherul, or special or worth it. Candidly, I can’t leank of anyleang worse.

Discovering and Following the Truth Social media has the opportunity to bring women together out of likeness. “Your struggle is my struggle, your truth is my truth” needs to be the mentality rather than portray a totally ungenuineistic picture of what you hope people believe is true. Too often we are comparing our pajama days with an influencer’s “sunset heart hands” and feeling like we don’t degree up.

True influencers create change with the truth. They show off their flaws, they admit their mistakes, they show vulnerability and share their struggles. We are starting to see trainers and models pose in unflattering ways to prove they also have stomach pooches, and mommy bloggers share what spending a day with a toddler is genuinely like. They understand that perfection is an impossible ideal to live up to and genuineize the harmful effects of putting up the façade of perfection to their followers. They respect the “power” they wield as an influencer and try to use their “power” for good — to make a positive contribution to society.

Ladies, we all sit on the sofa with popcorn or ice cream, scrolling the ‘Gram and feeling terrible about ourselves — all of us. I hope that as time goes on, more female influencers come to the table with the courageousry to be honest. The truth is not for the faint of heart and only the strong ones can carry it. So let’s all commit to celebrating honesty and, whether you have the intestines, posting it, too.

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