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  1. Hi Sarvesh,

    Your paper was very interesting and very actual. The body shaming movement is taking a large place on social media like Facebook and especially on Instagram.

    It is curious to see that, when social media users wants to break rules and denounce some diktat they will oppress people who are looking like that. So they will take part to the body shaming too like others.

    However, concerning the plus size model, do you think that they help people to accept their bodies or do they promote obesity by saying it does not matter? I don’t think about Ashley Graham because she is a healthy model with correct curves. Go have a look to the model Tess Holliday and give me your point of view.

    1. Hello Zelia,
      Thank you for reading my paper !

      Yes, they do help people in accepting their bodies but at the same time they should also promote a good health because at some point obesity can cause a problem, one can also love their body by working hard and keeping it fit. I also found that many people started to use the posts of the plus size models as an excuse to not exercise. Just by sharing posts on social media is not “loving our body”, we also have to work for it!

      I searched for Tess Holliday on Instagram, it is nice how she is portraying herself on social media and she is definitely challenging the beauty standards thus i do support these kinds of models but i also agree that at some point it is promoting obeisity.

  2. Hi Sarvesh,

    Your paper was very interesting and engaging, well done!

    There are actually some crossovers between your paper and mine. My paper focuses on cyber bullying within online communities (and school communities). It goes into depth about sexting and what some of the major consequences are. Many of these young millennials (and even Gen Y) who post these kinds of images seem to want to gain likes and attention from others as they believe they will gain respect from their peers. In my opinion, high school seems to be the period where gaining likes are very important. I remember there being a “200 group” on Facebook within a few of the schools in my area where you had to have at least 200 likes on your profile picture to be part of it. This can make people feel the need to post more images of themselves to gain attention so they can get these likes. Even to the point where they were exposing most of their body. Do you agree with this? I would love to hear your thoughts!

    Also if you get a chance to read my paper, please do so as I think we both have some crossovers.

    Jack

    1. Thank you Jack,
      I agree with what you are saying and it is the truth that the youngsters do a lot in order to obtain likes and believe that it is the way to look cool in the eyes of others. I believe that it is their insecurities that push them to sexualise their selfies or pictures of them on social media. Well there is a difference between being sexy and being vulgar, young millennials are often mistaken between these two.

      That was my point of view, i will definitely check out your paper and thank you for commenting !

  3. Hey Sarvesh nice conference paper, it is true that nowadays people make fun of other people on social network platforms. Body shaming a complex issue. People suffering from anorexic are bullied on social media. They are often portrayed as ugly, too thin and unhealthy in a way where they lack nutrients and vitamins in their body. As a result they believed in the tags that they are being stereotyped which further leads to bullying and depression. Many youngsters lose their confidence and prefer to not to expose their body. It’s good that you highlighted important points such as obese people prefer not to exercise as a result posting pictures with hashtags such as love your body, love your curves. This is ironic as well as complicated but overall good job !

    1. Thank you for commenting Tannavee, i think that you must be aware of the posts of body shaming that are circulated in social media, don’t you think that this has become a daily routine and these posts can be seen almost everyday on our newsfeed, what are your opinions on this ?

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