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“Taking a lot of selfies doesn’t mean you live an examined life.”

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Gina Barreca is a renowned American professor, born in 1957. Her academic contributions are primarily focused on women's studies, literary criticism, and cultural theory. more

“There is enchantment in wondering...in seeing a beautiful portrait every now and then rather than an overabundance of the overexposed; I wanted the figure before me to remain a magnificent mystery, like any alluring woman is as the rarity of a thing is what makes it valuable, even an enigma, and when something or someone is that, they become captivating.”

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Author:Donna Lynn Hope

“Selfies have begun to replace memories – likes and comments have begun to replace lasting conversations – illusive friends and followers lists have begun to replace real reliable friendship. And this is nothing to be taken for granted.”

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Book:The Gospel of Technology

Source: The Gospel of Technology

“If any of the great avatars - Buddha, Jesus, Khrishna, Mohammed - were present in human form on this planet today, what would they be doing? I doubt they would be posting selfies.⁠”

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Author:Anthon St. Maarten

“Just as one goes on a fast or a body cleanse you owe it to yourselves to detox your mind, it will not be easy but easy never yielded lasting results.”

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Author:Aysha Taryam

“No, the great thing about selfie sticks is that they send annoying people out into the world with a built-in means with which to thrash them. -Bucky Katt”

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Book:Catabunga!: A Get Fuzzy Collection

Source: Catabunga!: A Get Fuzzy Collection

“The minute you start saying something - "Ah, how beautiful! We must photograph it!" - you are already close to the view of the person who thinks that everything that is not photographed is lost, as if it had never existed, and that therefore, in order really to live, you must photograph as much as you can, and to photograph as much as you can you must either live in the most photographable way possible or else consider photographable every moment of your life. The first course leads to stupidity, the second is madness.”

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Book:Difficult Loves

Source: Difficult Loves

“Maybe we're all obsessed with taking selfies not because we're all narcissists, but because after a while, living one's life solely from behind the eyeballs can become a bit terrifying. It's the same reason we stare at ourselves in the mirror: to make sure we're still there, the character of our life movie.”

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Book:What's On the Menu?

Source: What's On the Menu?

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