004: Know Thyself(ie)

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Everyone and their mom takes selfies these days. But can we really take these photos at face value or is something else going on? Tune in as we discuss the positive effect of selfies, when social media can get ugly, how to take a fire selfie, and selfie etiquette.

In This Episode:

But First, Let Me Take a Selfie

• The Selfie Struggle
• If You Got It, Flaunt It (2:02)
• Selfies Before They Were Selfies (2:56)
  • Sidney's 365 project: What Are You Wearing Today?
  • Evolution of the Self-Portrait to the Selfie (4:02)

When Selfies Turn Ugly? (5:06)

• Social implications of selfie saturation
• The purpose of selfies: Vanity? Documentation? Or something else? (7:29)
  • The key to Instagram success (8:30)
  • The selfie as a facade (9:08)

You Don't Look Like 212 Likes in Person (11:00)

• The 2 things people want to see from social media
• URL vs IRL (12:22)
  • Slaves to the favs
  • The negative impact of social media #goals (13:33)

Fuck Everyone. Selfie away� (15:13)

• Peter Nguyen's pro-selfie tweet
• The Internet Is an Equalizer (17:30)
  • Sidney's take on an overlooked upside of the selfie phenomenon
  • Social media in the information age (20:00)
    • The rise of fashion blogs

Think Before You Selfie (21:30)

• Understanding when a selfie is not appropriate
  • Selfie responsibly
  • East Village Explosion Selfie

How to Take a Fire Selfie (24:02)

• Best practices for mad Likes

Last words and our closing selfies (26:16)

• Bern's oily selfie
• Sidney's what dat mouf do selfie
• Stick around til the end