Post what feels right

Over the last few days I have noticed a rise in supporting body acceptance on social media. Influencers on Instagram are posting “bare face” photos with captions supporting their natural look. I see some of my friends postings photos of them just waking up with captions like “I woke up like this #flawless.” 

After seeing so many people follow this trend that seems to fluctuate throughout the year, I decided to comment on it as well. 

This might not be a popular opinion, but do whatever you feel like doing, and don’t second guess it. If all you want to post on social media is you in a full face of makeup, go for it. If you want to do a few bare face and a few with minimal make up, more power to you. Maybe you just want to post a picture of your dog, that’s also okay. 

Here’s the thing my friends, most of the time these things you think of when you’re staring at that picture, debating whether or not to post it, don’t really matter.

 Too often we criticize ourselves for what pictures we are posting. People will notice a genuine smile or if you’re feeling confident in a picture.

There might be a picture you’ve been debating to post on Instagram but you think you have a double chin. Look at the whole picture. Are you laughing so hard with a friend that it gives you the double chin? Did someone capture a candid of you and your friends in the most beautiful setting, but you are picking apart the picture with a microscope? Think about how you were feeling when you took that picture. Were you having the time of your life? Did you or a friend say something stupid so you laughed? 

There’s so much more to social media than the typical selfie. There are moments in life we record and fear what people are going to say or how people are going to perceive us. But who actually cares? Do you remember everyone’s picture they post? My guess is you remember the ones of friends and family recording blissful moments in life, not the selfie someone posted a week ago. 

Therefore, this week if you are thinking about posting a picture of you on break or hanging out with friends/family, just do it. There’s no reason to second guess the picture that captured a moment that you want to share. Yes, not everyone will see the worth of that photo like others. But what does it matter so long as you like it? 

So, post that picture you’ve saved to your camera roll for two weeks, post an album of some of the things you’ve done this semester with your friends even if you don’t like the way you look. Ultimately, don’t let other people’s potential reactions get in the way of you posting something. Whether it be a bare face photo, a picture of you laughing it up with friends, a photo of you taking a nap with your pup or maybe you just think you look hot, just post it. Don’t let other people make you second guess yourself, my dudes.