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Millennials: This is Who We Are
The Rise of The Social Media Mind Social Media ads are stalking us 24/7. Most of us are aware of it, but sometimes we just can’t stop ourselves. I know I click on those ads constantly. In fact, it’s incredibly distracting. I will pick up my phone to do something, open Facebook by muscle memory and habit alone, and start scrolling before I even realize that I am not doing what I intended to be doing. Within seconds, I’m seeing an ad that entices me and boop, I click on it. Sometimes I’m too impulsive and the next thing I know I’m putting in my credit card information. Boop - that easy. Social media has changed the way we shop, the way we interact, the way we spend our free time, even the way we think. And they know what we are thinking.
By Melissa Marie Watson5 years ago in Styled
Social Media for Social Justice
Try this on for size: Social media, no longer just a hub for bikini pictures, mirror selfies, and stalking your exes, but a grand stage for social reform and change at the forefront of the fight for justice. In an altogether miraculous evolution, social media has become the younger generations’ battle ground, platform, and voice.
By Skylar Callahan5 years ago in Styled
Artful Purchases
Social media undoubtedly influences a lot of our choices in day-to-day lives, from small advertisements about cleaning products we choose to the strange mind reading ads for products we've only ever thought about. Ever since the pandemic began, social media has influenced our purchases even more now that we have more time to spend on the internet, and the advertisements from big name companies and brands dominate the majority of spending encouragements. However, the unsung advertisements with unusual little artistic designs from independent artists are the ones that caught my eye the most.
By Dani Banani5 years ago in Styled
Coat Thinner than a Robe
I often tell my mother that I feel like someone is either listening to my phone calls or there is something that is implanted in my computer and cellphone to read my thoughts. How many times have you mentioned the need for something and log onto one or more Social Media sites and see an ad for that product? Well, this is what happened to me on the day I made my first purchase that was influenced by Social Media.
By Drama Kueen 5 years ago in Styled
"You Bought What?"
It has been a real year. I have genuinely never spent more time aimlessly staring at things on my phone that I want to buy but don’t need while I sit on my couch doing absolutely nothing. And if you’re feeling slightly guilty about the unnecessary items you purchased while scrolling through Instagram for seven hours straight, truly believing they would fill your life with all the joy it had been missing, don’t worry! You’re not alone.
By Emily Berger5 years ago in Styled
My Media Fit
I was becoming blind to the ads set on my news feed that were in place to entice and distract me from what I really intended to use my social media account for. I had to find a way to ignore the ads that would appear like deranged stalkers on my feed, minutes after I looked up something online in what I thought was the privacy of my own computer or cell phone. Privacy settings that are now partial, only allowing me to block and keep certain things or people away from what I see on my timeline. But somehow the ads for weight loss, online schooling, celebrity gossip, food and the many other things that are shown with or without my consent get a pass no matter what I do to hide myself away from it all! I must give it to them, these annoying ads are very persistent!
By Aundrya Richardson5 years ago in Styled
Elsa Peretti
Elsa Peretti... Tiffany's designer passed into the next life on 3/18/2021. I don't claim to know everything there is about her, but on the outside, it appears that she must have had a beautiful life. Sketch pads, organic fragments, memories of modeling for Halson, and a home near Barcelona? Oh, and a career of blue boxes. What an existence! Of course, we only know what we see...but what we see is pretty amazing.
By Jennifer L Osborne5 years ago in Styled
