Selfies In Rachel Syme's Essay

In the essay, “Selfies,” Rachel Syme investigates the true meaning and concept selfies. Syme’s article is really a long article or an idea she goes deep into. At first you wouldn’t be interested in reading seven chapters about selfie and its concept, but I can assure you that it is because when I read the article it was worth the time since of how much Syme goes into depth and interesting concept of selfies can be while considering few notable women from history who took photos of themselves or painted self-portrait. Syme’s Piece of Selfie talks about how selfie’s concept is affecting and changing us and its broken down into seven chapters, each explaining selfie's place in the world. Syme talks about the past, the present and the future of selfies and the people who takes selfies as well.
In Selfie, there are seven chapters each talking from different perspectives of selfie. Syme begins by talking about how woman snaps a picture of
When you post a photo of oneself or a selfie, you allow random people on internet to criticize you and your picture and even though you won’t see them you will be bothered if they post a mean comment about it and nothing much you can do about it. In chapter 4, we learn how Essena O’Neill wasn’t happy with what she was doing. “She launched a new website to encourage young girls to talk about how they really feel... (9)”, but Syme goes on to show her research we see something odd. As stated “Right away the backlash began: Critics called her lament a hoax, argued that she was a hypocrite (9).” Essena was 18 and she was trying to make herself feel better and other girls who were unhappy. When you write, and post it online or publish in the newspaper, you don’t particularly get criticized for it. People take some time out of their life to read your work, understand it and maybe give you feedback while spreading your idea with friends and