In 2012, it was all about the Thigh-Gap. And, then the Kardashians brought in the Thigh-Brows. And lately, we are celebrating everyone from athletic women, to curvy girls, to drag queens (the most prevalent praises on my personal Instagram feed) and everyone in-between. So why do I, like many others, still feel the need to 'fit' a certain body description?
When we engage with social media, we are engaging with the documentations of people's real-life experiences - whether that be an article, a tweet, an instagram story, or a facebook post.
Our social media pages are a constructed reality, rather than a representation of our real lives.
"Frames serve to simplify a complex issue or choice by emphasising one dimension over another." - Matthew C. Nisbet "Framing is inevitable in making media".…
Today I appeared on UOWTV to give an interview about The Pigeon Hole Project (see below). Lights were blaring, cameras were rolling, and me being…
It’s the week before final exams, you’re rapidly typing up revision notes, Spotify is on full blast and you’re in the zone. And then, it…
"It's probably my ovaries making me do it, Steve" - Van Badham on QandA 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruM0fQTmcyk QandA is an excellent example of a mediated public…
