So I was reading about this huge amount of Youtube videos in which preteen girls ask everyone
to tell them if they’re pretty or ugly. I watched a few of these videos, and at first they
were heartbreaking and then they grew boring, because most of the videos were quite long,
for someone asking such a succinct question. Also, the girls on the videos, whose looks
covered a wide range, all seemed strangely confident; not because they were impressed with
themselves, but because they had no problem making such a personal video for general
consumption. The comments were just what you’d expect, from the most incoherently vicious
to the most incoherently supportive. Here’s my favorite response:
August 6, 2014
