No One Cares About Your Instagram Feed

No One Cares About Your Instagram Feed

All the pressure you put on yourself to have the "perfect feed" is a complete waste of energy.

Bryson Keel
Bryson Keel Feb 1, 2019
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Instagram has been around for many years now. It seems like, with time, it has gotten more and more serious. People, including myself, tend to care way too much about what other people think of their accounts.

We all do it. We stress over getting the perfect picture to make our lives look as entertaining as possible on social media. We will take hundreds of pictures until we get the one that we feel is worthy enough to post. After we finally find the picture, we have to use secondary apps to whiten our teeth, smooth our acne, and some people even edit their bodies. But, why? What is the point of posting these pictures if they don't even end up looking like us?

After we finally get our pictures how we like them, we have to somehow figure out a caption. We wonder if people think what we say is dumb, unoriginal or lame. But finally, the time has come. The picture is as good as it is getting and we are ready to upload. This is where the real stress begins. We can't help but notice who likes the picture, how many people are liking the picture, how many people are commenting on the picture, etc.

All of this stress is absolutely insane. Just because a picture isn't the type that would typically get a lot of attention on your feed, doesn't mean you shouldn't post it. Post whatever you want. I hate to break it to you, but no one cares about your Instagram feed. Once your picture is off of the daily timeline, your followers will most likely never think about it again. The only reason we are brainwashed into thinking people go on our pages so much is because we go on our own pages so much. Half of the time that I spend on Instagram, is spent on my own page. I'm always wanting to make sure that everything looks exactly how I want it to. It is hard for me to wrap my mind around the fact that other people couldn't care any less about how put together my feed looks.

Instagram has somehow turned into a place full of stress, judgment and insecurities. I want to go back to the days of posting screenshots of funny memes and casual pictures with my friends. Let's make Instagram casual again.

Bryson Keel
Bryson Keel Feb 1, 2019
At University of Florida

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I'm A Woman And You Can't Convince Me Breastfeeding In Public Is OK In 2019

Sorry, not sorry.

Megan Crabb
Megan Crabb Oct 27, 2018
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Lately, I have seen so many people going off on social media about how people shouldn't be upset with mothers breastfeeding in public. You know what? I disagree.

There's a huge difference between being modest while breastfeeding and just being straight up careless, trashy and disrespectful to those around you. Why don't you try popping out a boob without a baby attached to it and see how long it takes for you to get arrested for public indecency? Strange how that works, right?

So many people talking about it bring up the point of how we shouldn't "sexualize" breastfeeding and seeing a woman's breasts while doing so. Actually, all of these people are missing the point. It's not sexual, it's just purely immodest and disrespectful.

If you see a girl in a shirt cut too low, you call her a slut. If you see a celebrity post a nude photo, you call them immodest and a terrible role model. What makes you think that pulling out a breast in the middle of public is different, regardless of what you're doing with it?

If I'm eating in a restaurant, I would be disgusted if the person at the table next to me had their bare feet out while they were eating. It's just not appropriate. Neither is pulling out your breast for the entire general public to see.

Nobody asked you to put a blanket over your kid's head to feed them. Nobody asked you to go feed them in a dirty bathroom. But you don't need to basically be topless to feed your kid. Growing up, I watched my mom feed my younger siblings in public. She never shied away from it, but the way she did it was always tasteful and never drew attention. She would cover herself up while doing it. She would make sure that nothing inappropriate could be seen. She was lowkey about it.

Mindblowing, right? Wait, you can actually breastfeed in public and not have to show everyone what you're doing? What a revolutionary idea!

There is nothing wrong with feeding your baby. It's something you need to do, it's a part of life. But there is definitely something wrong with thinking it's fine to expose yourself to the entire world while doing it. Nobody wants to see it. Nobody cares if you're feeding your kid. Nobody cares if you're trying to make some sort of weird "feminist" statement by showing them your boobs.

Cover up. Be modest. Be mindful. Be respectful. Don't want to see my boobs? Good, I don't want to see yours either. Hard to believe, I know.

Megan Crabb
Megan Crabb Oct 27, 2018
At University of Missouri

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I Will Never Start A YouTube Channel With My Significant Other

A relationship should be between the two lovers and nobody else.

Sarah Janine Wagner
Sarah Janine Wagner Feb 15, 2019
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From my perspective, 2018 seemed to be the year of relationship breakups, especially on YouTube.

YouTube has become especially popular in the last few years. For many, YouTube is how they generate income, make connections, promote their work and make wonderful memories they'll carry with them forever.

However, there's one trend on YouTube I'm a bit skeptical about: couple's channels.

Don't get me wrong, I love watching people show love, affection, and happiness for each other, especially if they're able to earn a living for doing what they love with the person they love.

However, being together all the time for the sake of a YouTube channel can have negative effects over time.

This type of lifestyle doesn't leave much room for individuality. They're always together from the minute they wake up until they go to bed. Between filming, editing and brainstorming ideas for tomorrow's video, they don't get time to themselves.

What about their own separate hobbies? What about individual identity?

Let's take Shannon and Cammie, a famous YouTube couple that broke up a few years ago, for example.

They were together for about three years, but they posted a video in 2016 about the reasoning behind their breakup.

They had mutually agreed to end the relationship because even though they were happy with each other, they weren't happy with themselves.

When fans found out, they were shocked. How could this beautiful couple break up? They were always together, and they seemed so happy!

Maybe that's where the problem lied.

They were always together, even when they went on vacations, they were filming and editing the whole time so that the fans could get a glimpse into their world. What would be considered a fun time to relax for most of us was work for them.

When your relationship life and relaxation time becomes obligatory, it becomes unhealthy.

This happens way too often.

Furthermore, when these couples break up, not only are they losing their significant other, they're losing a huge part of their image.

They lose a channel. They lose subscribers which means they lose money. They lose a part of themselves.

They have fans begging them to get back together, making edits of the couple from when they were still together, reposting their deleted videos, etc.

In a way, fans believe they're owed something as they've become too emotionally invested in a couple they're not even going to meet, let alone be a part of.

They don't owe anyone anything.

If I ever break free from the "Terminally Single" club, I won't make my world revolve around them.

A significant other should be a part of your life, not all of it.

I won't be "Sarah J, so-and-so's girlfriend." I'll be "Sarah J, stand-up comedian, actress, writer and speaker who happens to be in a relationship with so-and-so."

Let's bring back healthy relationships that focus on growing together as well as individually.

Sarah Janine Wagner
Sarah Janine Wagner Feb 15, 2019
At University of Houston

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