Notes on “I 💔 Social Media”

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Manga art from School Rumble by Jin Kobayashi, a childhood favorite ♡

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A video of Jonathan Frakes telling you random things in an authoritative manner (YouTube).

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Instagram creators:

Thank you for putting your art out there and making something beautiful out of such an ugly space. You are the only thing I miss about Instagram, and for a long time I stayed just because of you.

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Text mostly found in a vintage teen mag from the 70s, as well as some online sources, such as this e-magazine about some TikTok influencer.

My intent is not to “blame” or “shame” the models pictured in my collage in any way. (I’m sure some dumpster of a subreddit is already doing that.) They’re just people profiting off of a system that already encourages “perfection,” hypersexualisation, and provocation by way of prioritizing ♡s from strangers.

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