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<\/span><\/small>Yesterday, the internet blew up with selfies. It was in response to a Jezebel article about how selfies are a cry for help, and that they aren’t empowering.<\/a> I’m sure you can imagine my response. <\/span><\/small>However, on G+, I posted shortly thereafter a few of my fellow feminists had posted and made a call for people on my circles to share selfies because I wanted to see their faces.<\/span>

<\/span><\/small>The response was incredible!<\/span><\/small>

<\/span><\/small>Tons of people – men and women, young and old, some who had never posted their photo on G+ – posted their photos. There were a few people who complained, stating that it was becoming like “that other social network” (Which one, I ask? MySpace, where selfies really got popular, or Facebook, where so many people still lurk?), but it didn’t harsh my buzz.<\/span><\/small>

<\/span><\/small>See, I grew up initially on places like forums, Yahoo! Groups, and LiveJournal, where you didn’t really share pictures of yourself. At my age (pre-teen) it was discouraged heavily – after all, what if people misused your photo, stalked you, etc.? I knew usernames and typing styles, but I didn’t know faces. When people DID post their pictures, it was like pure joy. Here! Person! You are REAL and I can see you<\/i>, and it is wonderful.<\/span><\/small>

<\/span><\/small>Yesterday was filled with joy for me. I have been dealing with some dumb emotions, and I know a lot of people going through some hard times, but there was suddenly this burst of “Hey, look at me, I exist!” All of this beauty and love and laughter and joy<\/i>. <\/span><\/small>

<\/span><\/small>I don’t know if yesterday meant anything to anyone else. It meant a lot to me.<\/span><\/small>

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Yesterday, the internet blew up with selfies. It was in response to a Jezebel article about how selfies are a cry for help, and that they aren’t empowering. I’m sure you can imagine my response. However, on G+, I posted shortly thereafter a few of my fellow feminists had posted and made a call for people on my … Continue reading “Selfies”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[390],"tags":[174,92,118,64],"class_list":["post-445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-beards","tag-politic","tag-selfies","tag-therapy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/saHOcG-selfies","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":118,"url":"https:\/\/briebeau.com\/thoughty\/2018\/01\/five-or-so-questions-on-let-me-take-a-selfie\/","url_meta":{"origin":445,"position":0},"title":"Five or So Questions on Let Me Take a Selfie","author":"Beau J\u00e1gr Sheldon","date":"January 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This interview turns Five Or So Questions upside-down, with the usual interviewer as the guest! 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