Monday, October 14, 2013
Working Out for Social Media
While going to check on my Fantasy Football teams, I found this story on Yahoo: http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/hot-mom-defends-herself-against-facebook-haters-192149769.html. It is about an in-shape mother who posted a picture of herself in workout clothes with her children around her. Each of the three kids have their age posted close to them and at the top of the picture it says 'What's Your Excuse?'. She meant this to be a motivational tool for individuals that are not constant gym goers by showing that she can still do it even though she has three kids. A lot of people did comment saying how well she looked and that her picture truly did show them that anybody can find the time to get healthier. However, she may have had even more negative remarks from people saying that she is a horrible mother and only adding to the American image that skinny is beautiful. She has been forced into defending herself with all of the backlash. I for one don't think there is anything wrong with what she has done. The only thing that is wrong here is how people will use social media to turn any positive into a negative.
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I took a look at the article and I agree with you. The fact that most people do turn a positive into a negative, especially online is sad. I remember talking about cyber bullying in K-8 and I'm sure with the rise of the internet since then it is an even bigger problem for todays kids. Cyber bulling is cowardly because the attacker is hiding behind thier online self, it will be interesting to see how cyber bullying grows and changes as we age...hopefully it can change for the better.
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