Blake Lively's Stereotypes

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The charmingly beautiful, “bronde” actress otherwise known as Blake Lively has accumulated 6.1 million followers with a total of 186 posts in 79 weeks on a popular form of social media — Instagram. @blakelively may be a fairly new face, or rather selfie, on Instagram; however, Lively has been a star since her youth. Beginning her career as a tooth fairy at ten years old in the 1998 Sandman, Lively has come a long way to playing major roles such as Serena VanDerWoodsen in the hit series, Gossip Girl, and her latest leading role as Adeline in The Age of Adeline. She married Ryan Reynolds in 2012 and developed an Instagram, and child, in 2014. While many celebrities have PR teams that run social media sites to appease said celebrities’ fan bases, …show more content…
@blakelivey Instagram post from February 2015 boundaries of her self-interested posts. The majority of her advertising can be found in one post: Figure 3 depicts Lively promoting Pinterest, Preserve, and The Age of Adeline. Lively captioned her photo, “Benefits of boyfriend jeans #72: They fit even after having a baby. (That's the selfish reason I had these made for @preserve_us Shh don't tell!) Thanks @pinterest for having me!!” It could be said she took a three-birds-with-one-stone approach. She still maintains her cleverness and comical personality, even within the promotional post. She was praised in her comments for her attractiveness in a crop top and boyfriend jeans so shortly after giving birth to a child; therefore, winning the adoration of her fans as an added bonus beyond the main purpose of her post. The post ultimately is self-concerned and perfectly worded in a way that she is not lost within the content. The majority of what Lively “Instagrams” is things she is fond of: fashion, quotes, friends, and family. The promotion is still oriented within these things that Lively cares about. Her Instagram is a reflection of what she willingly chooses to promote, maintaining the idea that whether her posts are promotional or not, Lively’s posts portray a reflection go herself and her

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