I follow several accounts on TikTok and Instagram dedicated to amplifying the idea that the internet isn’t real.
I follow several accounts on TikTok and Instagram dedicated to amplifying the idea that the internet isn’t real. One of the accounts recently exposed an editing software that allows creators to lengthen their legs, shrink their waists, smooth over textured skin, and re-sculpt their faces in not just photos but also videos. The creator posted two videos—one edited and one unedited—and both appeared totally normal and real even though her body in the edited video was entirely modified. I think that accounts like these are helpful. They remind me that the people and things I compare myself with on the internet are altered and sometimes completely imagined.