Analysis Of Rachel Simmons Selfies Are Good For Girls

Although Rachel Simmons in “ Selfies Are Good for Girls” and Erin Ryan in “ Selfies Aren’t Empowering. They’re a Cry for Help”, both agree selfies can show accomplishments. However, Simmons believes selfies are a way for young women to boost their pride whereas Ryan defines them as a way to gain social approval confirmation. Simmons believes selfies are empowering, and increase self-confidence levels of young women. According to Simmons “selfie is a tiny pulse of girl pride - a shout-out to the self (P4)”. In other word, she believes self-portrait gives teenage girls an outlet to express pride within themselves. She explains how selfie not only express pride, it is also a way for young women to share their accomplishments, as shown in the

text, she talks about the inspiring posted of the first three women who complete a Marine infantry combat training. She claims that selfies are not only focused on physical appearance, moreover, it reveals fulfillments. In the same manner, Ryan agrees on self image presenting accomplishments, however, she declared “ selfies don’t typically contain job offer letters, successful grant application, their face in front of a gorgeously rendered still life the women drew by hand (P3)”. She claims selfies are mostly about “ a woman’s face not talking”, only a few girls use it to display their achievement. Ryan believes selfies are a “call for affirmation” and form of approval seeking. Selfies aren't empowering, they are a way society teaches women that their physical appearance is more important than their accomplishments. Both Simmons and Ryan came to an agreement about how society trying to persuade young women to celebrate their outer appearance over achievements.