Why Can't a Movie Just Be a Movie? Contemplating Social Media and Blog Life

I supposed the point of Blog is twofold:

1. A project of self-indulgence in which we imagine that the world is interested in any of the things that we do in our lives 
2. An opportunity to share. When you read about my experiences and they are like your own then maybe you feel a little less weird, a little less scared, a little less alone. 

This is just a thought, but I would probably have more readers if I posted more pictures of myself in sexy poses. It's as if this is some sort of foreshadowing for the next decade. 

I sometimes wonder what types of message women/girls who post naked photos of themselves on such websites as facebook/myspace/makeoutclub/bmezine want to convey to the public. At the centre of this is the eternal question: is this empowerment or is this exploitation? Do they post these photos as a display of liberation and empowerment, or is it because they want people to write them emails about how good-looking they are? Are they trying to fit in?

When I look at websites like Suicide Girls I see images of naked girls that have tattoos and piercings and rainbow coloured hair but the idea behind what the images are conveying is the same. It's pretty naked girls with bodies and faces that in many ways mirror the dominant images in popular media...minus the blue hair and tattoos (but I feel that even that is changing with the popularity of stars who are tattooed and pierced like the women on Miami Ink or even Pink)

Love,

Michelle D.