Who Are We? Creating Characters

I said before about the two characters i had ideas to create, an ultra feminine fantasy woman drawing inspiration from Kim Kardashian and classical depictions of the goddess Venus and on the other side of the coin a trolling devil spreading negative influence. To tie these two together i have a real girl in the middle, the one creating these profiles and ive come up with a fourth idea based on the trend of fitspo.

Fitspo or Fitspiration is basically a trend for using health advice, healthy looking bodies or healthy diet tips as a replacement for sexualised images of thin, presumably unhealthy women, sometimes this is known as thinspo and is related to eating disorders. I dont know how i feel about fitspo, on one hand its seen as the antidote to images of incredibly thin women we see in media constantly but at the same time but at the same time theres a clear lack of diversity in the images you see tagged fitspo, most of the time its the same slim women in a sports bra holding a smoothie. Theres a really good article on the Guardian called 'Fitspo: how stong became the new skinny' which actually explains it pretty well.

My own profile is going to be less about the body politics of fitspiration and more about the aspirational angle of the 'perfect instagram account' as written about on Man Repeller. Looking at my own social media im pretty sure i do follow a few of these people, the ones constantly shopping at farmers markets, having gluten free vegan treats, doing juice cleanses, hot yoga sessions, barre classes and candles, so many candles. I think for me this is going to be the most fantastical of my creations because i have to make my life look so much better rather than rely on what i can do with my body through makeup or photoshop.

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