For the rest of your life, you are stuck with yourself. But have you ever asked if you wanted to be your own Valentines? Sure, we all giggle about the idea of our husbands and long-term partners asking us to be their Valentine's every year, knowing full well it's more symbolic than concrete. However, when … Continue reading How to Love Thyself this Valentine’s Day
Online, the way one presents themselves and their identity is fluid which means that users of media, such as Instagram, can create and generate several different versions of themselves (Kendall 1998, Turkle 1999). Turkle described the computer as a means of creating a ‘second self’ (1984), Instagram can be seen as a popular way of … Continue reading Instagram’s Monster; Part 1
Over the last little while, I've been thinking about the way we represent ourselves in both real life and the online realm. The online world is a strange space where you can be whoever you want to be with very few limitations; you can become famous overnight or build an empire. I've been reflecting a … Continue reading The Self and The Selfie