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The summer of 2008. A summer drowning in recession, debt, ridiculous gas prices, and boring, trashy television (I mean, Greatest American Dog??). Lots of things seem to be going wrong…or at least…discussed to the point of having us all believe they’re going wrong…and many teens and twenty-somethings are turning to the web to air their grievances.
Because 2008 isn’t just the summer of expensive corn and Obama-rama, it’s also the summer of TMI. Over-sharing has become a form of communication for our generation; from blogging about bad dates, to blogging about our self-indulgent issues, to blogging purely to become famous.
No matter who we are, we can become stars overnight by uploading naked
photos, name-dropping about a wild party, or simply having an ounce of literary ability and a snarky way with words.
By late July, 2008, the percent of people in the US who haven’t seen
a celebrity vajayjay flash or heard someone say, “dude, I’m gonna blog
about this!” is monumentally small, and it seems like every day a new
gossip or 24 hour news site pops up. However, amidst the clattering of
fingers on keyboards and snapping of flashbulbs, I can’t help but
wonder if this constant need to be seen and heard is actually doing us any good.
Is all this over-sharing about our drug, drink, and sexual exploits really
helping women cultivate a strong, intelligent persona? Do we feel more
empowered now that Britney, Lindsay, and Paris have made trashy the new
black? Are our lives more complete now that we know what David Beckham
had for breakfast?
These aren’t rhetorical questions. As a twenty-something myself, I really want to know:
In this age of over-sharing, are
you confident about yourself and your image? Are you proud of how we as
women have represented ourselves in the media?
Visit CollegeCandy.com and vote in our poll, and write in our comments — this is your chance to tell the world exactly how you feel.
