DECONSTRUCTING SOCIAL MEDIA'S TOXIC EXPECTATIONS
#2 of a 3-part collaboration that focuses on the expectations we have grown to have on many platforms, this piece sheds light on one of the most current ways of feeling validated. We're all guilty of checking the likes a post is getting and feeling self-conscious when it's not enough. This subject may feel vapid to admit that it hurts, and this serves as the first step to reducing the shame we feel from not getting this expected toxic validation.