A New Revolutionary Self-Love Social Media Photo Challenge
Leveling up our self-love at every age and stage
While we can all lament about the downsides of social media — trolls, cyberbullies, our constant preoccupation with it, a veritable onslaught of bad news — there’s much to be said for how social media can provide us with a more extensive network of support. Take the photo challenges for instance. Nearly every day, I see some photo challenge — celebrating motherhood, relationships, and even just days when we feel good about ourselves.
I love to see people hyping up other people — especially among women. But I do think that this amazing source of support could actually use a small revision. I do hate to nitpick, but sometimes, we need to take a closer look at the things we do to examine if there are underlying messages that need to be addressed. In the case of photo challenges, we may need to level up our self-love so that we don’t require a challenge to celebrate ourselves.
Selfie culture is much maligned, but I love that we’re slowly starting to normalize self-love. For all the criticisms lobbed at people who frequently post selfies, the truth is that there are many healthy reasons to do it. For single people and single parents, how else will there be any photos of us living our best lives if we’re not the ones to…
