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Blogger exposes social media lies

Updated | By Jane Linley-Thomas

This just shows that photos can be highly deceiving! 

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I love this! Let me tell you upfront, we all go for the flattering shots on social media. That is fact. But we also all know that feeling of seeing a picture of ourselves that makes us leap at the delete button, right?

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It's mad that this pic was taken on the same day, a couple of seconds apart. Funny how life has become one that is filtered, literally. I read an article that said in a survey, 80% of people said they used a filter when loading a picture to social media.

A blogger, Milly Smith, took some pictures of herself a few seconds apart and they look completely different. Her aim was to create awareness that people should love themselves and not benchmark themselves against photos posted on social media. 

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Take a look at some of the pictures she posted below:

Same girl, same body, same place, same time. STOP COMPARING YOURSELF TO POSED PHOTOGRAPHS! STOP COMPARING YOURSELF AT ALL! YOU ARE YOU! Neither pose makes me a better person, neither pose defines my worth. When we can change our bodies this much in a photograph we can see even more so how basing our worth on the way we look or how others look is just insane, fickle and just not ok! Being body positive doesn't mean loving your body in a certain pose or when you've lost a few pounds; it means loving every angle, movement and squish right this very moment!! Wether you lose weight, gain weight, gain muscle, gain fat-ITS OK! Don't fear change, our bodies will never stay the same and fighting against it won't help, let your body move through life as it wishes, let it take up as much space as it wants and let it LIVE! Forgetting what we've been told all our lives is hard but 'ideals' come and go and beauty standards change so keeping up with them would be impossible, exhausting and a waste of a life -the one constant is your body, your wonderful vessel that guides you through, show it some care, some love and some respect. You deserve this.

A photo posted by Milly Smith 💛🌻☀️👑 (@selfloveclubb) on

Same girl, same day, same time. 💛 Not a before and after. Not a weight loss transformation. Not a diet company promotion. 💛 I am comfortable with my body in both. Neither is more or less worthy. Neither makes me more or less of a human being. Neither invites degrading comments and neither invites sleezy words. 💛 We are so blinded to what a real unposed body looks like and blinded to what beauty is that people would find me less attractive within a 5 second pose switch! How insanely ridiculous is that!? 💛 I love taking these, it helps my mind so much with body dysmorphia and helps me rationalise my negative thoughts. 💛 Don't compare, just live for you. There is no one on this planet who's like you and that's pretty damn amazing don't ya think. The world doesn't need another copy, it needs you. 💛 We are worthy, valid and powerful beyond measure 💙🌟 (If you don't pull your tights up as high as possible are you really human?)

A photo posted by Milly Smith 💛🌻☀️👑 (@selfloveclubb) on

What's your feeling? Are you happy for any photo to be taken and posted on social media or are you one for making sure the angle is right, lighting perfect, and so on? Share your comments below.

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