Introduction

Selfies continue to be an ongoing trend through various social media platforms. As one takes a snap of oneself with any technological device, the image becomes a representation of him/her, as it is displayed to others (publicly/privately) into the online world. With the rise of such a popular trend, many drawbacks have followed as well. The act of taking selfies persuades oneself to conform to social beauty standards, bidding a need to fit in and be accepted into a community. That is not to say that all selfie enthusiasts encourage the ideas to conform, as some may express against the concept through various social media outlets. In particular, beauty and fashion bloggers post selfies that attempt to go against ideas of conformity and distortion with the use of their captions.

A friend of mine taking a selfie from the application Snapchat, where she is seen playing around with filters which can alter her face and surroundings, depending on the filter used.