Girlfriend Australia — Autumn 2017

With studies linking social media

to depression, it’s time to get

some perspective. A handful

of influencers are bringing the

realness back to their feeds,

and we couldn’t ‘like’ it more...

IRL

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ver been mindlessly

scrolling your Insta

feed only to be

bombarded with

images of perfect-10

girls – with their VS Angel hair and

legs for days and #yachtlyf selfies –

and found yourself thinking, “How do

I compete with that?” Yep, us too.

In an era of celebrities and

influencers setting the standard for

what a good life – or persona – looks

like, it’s easy to forget that what

*seems* like the picture of perfection

is actually someone’s carefully

curated highlight reel. It comes down

to the right lighting, the right angles,

the right clothes, the right friends...

Last year a study found the more

time young adults spent on social

media, the more likely they were to be

depressed. The research conducted by

the University of Pittsburgh School of

Medicine suggested “highly idealised

representations of peers on social

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