I’m not making any argument for or against Facebook, or debating how much exposure to creating various profiles online should be deemed appropriate, but I have noticed that, in any case, the way young girls see themselves and the ways in which their self-image develops during puberty is probably and almost undeniably changing.
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Brianne Garcia
Brianne Garcia is a writer and student living in NY studying Arts & Culture Journalism at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism.
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There is a psychological theory that says that time appears to move faster as we age because life is all about ratios. One year to a four-year-old may make up a quarter of her life, but a year to a middle-aged mother is but a 40th of the life she’s lived overall. Moments become more and more fleeting.
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Emma Dries
Emma Dries hails from NYC, jaywalks in her spare time, and mourns the oxford comma.
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Originally, I was contemplating creating a YouTube video that would become an Internet sensation to present my plea for your abandonment of Fran’s body. Then I realized that such a video would be a wasted attempt: we both know Fran doesn’t “do” computers. Thus, I decided to write to you — yet another thing Fran doesn’t do.
Pretty girls are really depressed. Like all the time. It’s a strange phenomenon and we must start giving it as much attention as humanly possible. PEOPLE ARE IGNORING THE SAD PRETTY GIRL EPIDEMIC AND IT MUST END NOW. Oh, how will we ever make them happier though?
You’re leaving in the next 15 minutes. And as enticing as I find your saucy promise that “that’s all the time you need,” I think I’ll hold out until you have time to do it right.
Elias Tezapsidis has cheekbones higher than yours
Ryan O’Connell is a 25 year-old writer based in the East Village, New York.
Jessica lives and writes in Atlanta
