Be this size; be that size.
Be thin; be skinny; be healthy; be
curvy.
This is good; this is bad. No,
wait…I mean, the right amount of thin, but not too skinny.
Curves, yes, but just in the right
places.
Lord, help us!
How’s a woman supposed to be on
the Internet without questioning her body type?
Body issues? Try Instagram on for size by Julia Carpenter points out how Instagram has been great for body
positivity, but the trolls still abound.
This just makes me think about my
friend Wendy Wisner’s latest blog post Crazy Commenters on Social Media (Or,What is Wrong With the World?). As a writer on parenting sites, she’s had a
crazy amount of negative talkback in the comments.
The anonymity of the Internet
seems to make people feel bold behind their computer screens. Things that most
people would never say out loud becomes easy to spout at a distance.
Perhaps the only way around this
negativity is to not read comments at all? But then we miss the opportunity of
receiving the positive messages, too.
I for one am happy to hear
criticism about my work in any form if its aim is to point out ways to improve
upon the work, but when people attack a person based on their opinions, that’s
really taking it too far.
Whatever happened to…if you don’t
have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all?
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