Actress Amandla Stenberg On Using Social Media As A Tool For Her Activism
By now you are probably already familiar with actress Amandla Stenberg for her role as the ill-fated Rue in ‘The Hunger Games’. Many social media users are also a fan […]
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Body Image
“Un-Edit” Visual Campaign Highlights The Impact Social Media & Photoshop Has On Body Image
It’s hard to escape the world of social media and the impact it is having on body image standards. If we thought the pressure from the fashion or advertising industries […]
Contributors
How Social Media Has Changed And Amplified The Modern Feminist Message
By Katie McBeth Since the original movement took form in the mid nineteenth century, feminism has gone through some huge changes. What first started as a right for women to […]
Causes, Politics
This Viral Video Brought Justice To Victims Of A Major Environmental Disaster In India
If you are still in doubts whether social media has the power to change the world, then this story might sway your opinion. In 2015 a video was released by […]
Causes
South Asian Women Create Social Media Campaign To Challenge Stigma Around Dark Skin
The idea that fair skin is the epitome of beauty is a concept that has been perpetuated in accordance with Eurocentric standards for many generations. In South Asian countries like […]
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Why Some Of The World’s Most Popular Websites Are Banned In Some Countries
The most popular websites in the world are daily standbys for millions, if not billions, of people. Sites like Google, Facebook, Twitter, eBay, and YouTube provide services and entertainment that, […]
Body Image, Causes
Dove And Twitter’s New Campaign Aims To Tackle Hate-Talk On Social Media
We all do it, let’s be honest. We all have criticisms about our appearance and have voiced those out loud, and maybe even on social media. Perhaps you are one […]
Interviews
‘Mean Girls’ + Social Media = New Novel ‘Populatti’ By Jackie Nastri Bardenwerper
We all remember the movie ‘Mean Girls’ starring Lindsay Lohan as an outcast who tries to fit in with a female clique by changing herself and covering up her past. […]
Body Image
New Infographic Detailing How Selfies Are Damaging Our Self Image
How many selfies do you take in a day? Or a week? How many do you post on social media? Do you remember a time when you didn’t worry so […]
Contributors
In Defense Of Millennials – We’re Not An Entitled & Narcissistic Generation
By Jennifer Hacker It seems to me that every other day my Facebook news feed is cluttered with articles berating the millennial generation. Sites like The Huffington Post, Elite Daily, […]
Causes, Working Women
Body Image Forum Analyzes Social Media Impact On Teen Girls
If you type in the hashtags #anorexia, #bulimia or #eatingdisorders on Instagram, you will literally see millions of posts. If you try to click on the top search result, a […]
Causes
When Instagram’s Censorship Laws Prove To Be Hurting Body Image
See this picture above? Apparently Instagram deemed it “inappropriate” and that it violated its Terms of Service. The problem with that is there are TONNES of pictures of women in […]
Body Image
Female Student Starts Social Media Movement To Fight “Fat Shaming”
28 year old Wayne State University student Amanda Levitt is on a mission: a mission to make everyone understand the negative implications of “fat shaming”. In case you are unfamiliar […]
Causes, Girl on a Mission, Politics
Female Activists Bringing Hope To Haiyan Typhoon Victims
The new of the Haiyan Typhoon hitting the Philippines rang loud across the world, as it is the most intense tropical cyclone recorded in history to ever hit land. It’s […]
Body Image, Celebrities, Fashion & Beauty
What This Victoria’s Secret SuperModel Would Do If She Was Ever Called “Fat”
In case you didn’t know it already, Victoria’s Secret ubermodel Doutzen Kroes is not only one of the most recognizable faces in the fashion industry, but also the fifth highest […]