Liked

The photographic work, Liked, explores the darker side of how women portray themselves on social media.Women’s bodies have been objectified for centuries in all forms of media and advertisements, but today social media is the new form of communication consumed at an unprecedented scale and magnitude. To keep up with the billions of “likes” and comments on social media, women arrange themselves in bewildering numbers of carefully posed, curated and heavily edited selfies. The more sexualized the pose, the more likes and comments (and sometimes profits) she receives. The endless cycle refuels her desire for acceptance and plunges her further into the need to achieve cultural standards of beauty, while replaying the tapes for younger generations to aspire.