The Age Of The Selfie: Endless Need To Share Tears Society's

The editorial “The Age of the Selfie: Taking, Sharing Our Photos Shows Empowerment, Pride,” written by Adrienne Sarasy shares a different view compared to, “The Age of the Selfie: Endless Need to Share Tears Society’s Last Shred of Decency,” by Robert Wilcox. Both of these writers wrote their editorials as high school students in 2014. Even though they were both students, they strongly disagreed on the potential of a selfie and of the value of someone taking a picture of themselves. Adrienne Sarasy mentioned that taking a selfie “empowered” young girls and women. This also leading to them feeling “extraordinary, beautiful, and confident (Sarasy 533).” Sarasy believes that girls and women taking pictures of themselves shows that they love themselves. They are able to share that with others through the internet. She gave an example of a Dove campaign that interviewed mothers and their teenage daughters. This campaign noted that these women and girls saw their “unique attributes” as flaws (Sarasy 533). By using this as her example, Sarasy is able to make a connection with those …show more content…
In his opinion it is a “disgrace” that the word selfie is well known. He thinks that those who take selfies are “self-obsessed” individuals (Wilcox 534). He also claims that selfies are “destroying the last shreds of decency in our society” (Wilcox 534). Although he also seems to be noting that people can be in danger for their self-portraits. There is not only the troubling idea that someone in this world may not just be admiring someone’s selfie, but people are now able to tag the place in which that selfie was taken. He mentioned that people are able to access personal information, even “predators” (Wilcox 534). Wilcox argues that people “documenting” their lives is becoming “more of an issue” then what they realize (534). Overall he would like people to not take any more pictures that other do not care