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Selfies for a good cause Rifat Islam Esha
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ocial media recently underwent a storm of selfie campaigns, most of which deal with serious issues. Selfie, a social media term for self portrait, can be seen as a self-gratifying gesture (see pg 4), but netizens have started posting pictures of themselves to convey serious messages and awareness. Many important and renowned individuals have also participated in these selfie campaigns, boosting their reach. All you need to participate is a camera phone and a hashtag.
“Breaking Stereotypes”
Rajesh Dudeja, an activist, posted an album called “Breaking Stereotypes” full of selfies of people holding
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placards with different messages on them which challenge the everyday stereotypes we face.
their selfies with placards with the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls written on them.
#BananaSelfie
#nomakeupselfie
Another selfie campaign which used two hashtags #BananaSelfie and #WeAreAllMonkeys was a reaction against the racist act of a football fan who throw a banana at Barcelona star Dani Alves during a game.
#BringBackOurGirls
Netizens from around the world participated in the campaign #BringBackOurGirls to urge the Nigerian authorities to bring back more than 200 school girls who have abducted by extremist group Boko Haram. Many tweeted and posted
Earlier this year, the #nomakeupselfie was trending, triggered by the remarks on the 81 year old actress Kim Novak at the Oscar’s. Novelist Laura Limppman posted a picture of herself on facebook as an act of protest to support Kim Novak which quickly picked up popularity and became viral on Facebook and trending on Twitter. #nomakeupselfie started trending on twitter as women posted photos of themselves asking their friends to do the same, and helped raise more than $13m in six days. The campaign
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became so popular that it ended up raising funds for cancer patients.
#YesAllWomen
Straying a bit from selfies, the #YesAllWoneb Twitter campaign has emerged as a response to the recent mass murder in California, where Elliot Rodger killed six people.The campaign that focuses on issues such as consent, sexual harrassment and boundaries of men. The mentally disturbed Rodger claimed in a prerecorded video that the spree was triggered by his frustration at being rejected by women. #YesAllWomen was a response to the heated discussion that followed on women’s freedom to reject, and men’s perception of consent.
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