It would be easy to mock a pretty teenage model for posting earnest, excited videos of her unremarkable discovery that Instagram is not real life, telling followers with unblinking naivety that you can meet real people if you go to a real cafe – and you can talk to strangers on a bus if you try – and that trees are amazing! But the revelations of Instagram star Essena O'Neill this week were compelling. Thousands of young women have stared at her tear-streaked face as she urges them not to judge themselves by, or build a life around, social media success. What happened to recording your thoughts on paper, in a journal, for yourself? Even the fact that she...
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