Well I am lucky that saw the video of Essena O'neil's quitting before she took her account down. The video is probably live on in Facebook or some other way forever. I watched this video in morning and was going to watch it again but that is when I found out that her account was taken down. I am going to try to remember as much as i can.
I find it interesting that this video was released on the heels of Lady Gaga talking about how she wanted to quit music. You probably have seen this video. Lady Gaga/Stephani talks about getting back to herself and her authenticity. Essena's video is just a continuation of this that the whole month will be colored by (just strap in folks). Essena talks about how everything of her photos were fake and that she was getting paid by companies. By the way she was an Instagram model. She talked about how social media had effected her as 12 year old. She looked up models measurements and compared them to her own. This is sad to think about, but is a reality for many girls and boys of that age.
We forget how images can be retaken and airbrushed. We forget that it is very easy to fabricate things on social media. Everyone live looks great on the timeline, but is that true in real life. Essena talked about how she knew and dated people more famous than her. With lives look god on paper many of them are depressed. I have seen this just with friends in high schools and in college. I hung with the popular kids at the end of my high school carrier. (Still not sure if I was considered popular but I try not to think about it that much). People who "had everything" were lacking in the mental, emotional, or spiritual departments (or a combination of all three).
This is all I could remember from the video. I was hoping that I would do a more in depth one. I wonder what effect that this will have. Essena was blowing the whistle on this before her final video. From what I gathered people were observing it more as a spectical than as a rally cry. I am interested to see what the future will hold.
