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“Much virtual ink has been spilled over the past few days over the Oxford Dictionary’s choice of “selfie” for 2013 word of the year.
“But I’ve noticed among the chorus of opinions on the social media self portrait an annoying trend: the selfie evangelist.
“Selfies are just dandy, they say, because they’re a way for people (mostly young women) to express themselves and to show pride in who they are.
“To insult the selfie is to insult WOMEN IN GENERAL, and that’s, like, against the rules of feminism. Besides, selfies are here to stay! Get used to it!
“Stop this. Selfies aren’t empowering; they’re a high tech reflection of the fucked up way society teaches women that their most important quality is their physical attractiveness.”
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