In today's society, everything is out under a microscope. What celebrities post on social media to what we post on social media. Everything we write is scrutinized and then possibly taken out of context and blown up. I understand that we as a society have evolved, more has become acceptable and common. Gay marriage is legal, transgender people are having their time to shine and we are still continuing the battle of race and gender. With all this change, people have become so overly sensitive about everything posted.

Recently, actress Blake Lively posted a picture of herself at the Cannes Film Festival.

The caption reads, "L.A. face with an Oakland booty." Quoting the Sir Mix-A-Lot song "Baby Got Back," the actress got a lot of grief from social media, many calling her racist due to the nature of how the song is written. Sir Mix-A-Lot himself commented on the issue saying that he was surprised at how many people were upset as two other celebrities used the same song in one of their posts in previous years.

I feel like people have become so worried about what everyone else is going to think that in a way we over-sensor ourselves. Blake Lively's post was simply quoting a song. I do that all the time in my Instagram posts. It's an easy and fun way to caption a moment.

I understand that times have changed, and because more things that used to be huge issues are become the norm we have to be careful about how we speak, but if people sensor everything that is posted, what happens to freedom of speech? If a white woman can't use a Sir Mix-A-Lot song as a caption for a picture, what's going to happen if a little Asian girl dreams of growing up to be Beyoncé? I know it may sound ridiculous, but my point is, where does it end?

Censoring is a powerful tool, but it can also be a powerful weapon. Freedom of speech is so important to this country, but what good is freedom of speech if we're just going to be criticized for every little thing we post. I know it mostly happens to celebrities, but they're people too.

Another example of this was the Oscars. It gained the hashtag #oscarssowhite. The problem was everyone was getting up in arms about it, but honestly it's not the academy's fault. Roles for colored actors are just not written as much as roles for white actors. I'm not saying that's right, but I also don't think that boycotting the Oscars is an appropriate way of voicing an opinion, especially since the people who were nominated worked hard to get to where they are now, and they deserve the recognition. Not to mention, Alejandro Iñárritu won Best Director two years in a row - he is a Mexican director.

If you all want to keep freedom of speech, so important to our society, just remember that we're all human - yes, even celebrities - and we all make mistakes. Although I'm cautious about what I say, I'm not going to censor everything to try to please everyone, because from my experience, you can't.I'm glad Blake Lively kept that photo up, because I believe that what she used as her caption wasn't racist - it's just a lyric.