Selfie

Syme mentions that a selfie is a person demanding to be seen in a specific moment in time. Though often scrutinized in the media or by groups of people mocking a single person, they can be a statement of empowerment. Syme suggests that maybe they aren’t an act of narcissism but rather a sign of comfort in ones own skin. Selfies are taken with the intention to be shared. They don’t “exist in a vacuum”. The social problems that many argue result from selfies and peoples attention diversion are problems that have existed and will exist with or without selfies. Critics tend to ignore the language and message of selfies. Syme says, “Nothing destabilizes power more than an individual that knows his or her own worth, and the campaign against selfies is ultimately a crusade against widespread self-esteem. What selfie-haters fear, deep down, is a growing army of faces they cannot monitor, an army who does not need their approval to march ahead.”