When a crippled lady is told she is “too ugly,” she decides to share images anyhow. In return, she uploads selfies.
The phenomenon of a blog article going viral is hardly shocking. Bloggers create viral tales on a daily basis. This happened to Melissa Blake, a blogger, following her post on Trump. For all the wrong reasons, her message went viral very fast and attracted a lot of attention. It was shared and remarked upon for some reason, but not because people agreed or disagreed with her message. This explains the widespread anger on both sides of the political aisle.
Many of the commenters on her site didn’t appear to be interested in what she had to say. Rather, all they wanted to do was look at the photo of her that was included in the narrative. After she posted a selfie, a YouTube channel discussed the topic. Soon after, a large number of hateful individuals began posting the image online and inciting hateful behavior in others. To reiterate, nothing about the substance or context of the article was mentioned in the comments. These days, politics may be quite vicious, but the majority of the online abuse she received came from those who were offended by her appearance.
Melissa said on “Good Morning America” that the remarks were hurtful regarding her appearance and had nothing to do with her career.
Melissa posted images she had taken of some of the offensive remarks on Twitter. “Reminder that this is what it’s like to be a disabled woman writer on the internet AND #ThisIsAmerica in 2019,” the caption stated.
“People said things like’she looks like a parade balloon’ and ‘you look ugly,’” Melissa told Newsbeat.
The person who advised her not to take photos of herself because she was too unattractive, however, truly infuriated her. That’s when she decided not to let it break her.
“I figured I’ll do the opposite to show them they can’t beat me.”
In reaction to those who mistreated her, she shared three additional selfies on Twitter.
Melissa’s tweet went viral once more, but this time, more people praised her than were critical of it. Since then, more than 30,000 people have shared and around 300,000 people have liked the post.
In spite of the fact that Melissa has been writing for 14 years, many people do not think she is a journalist. She claims that occasionally, people just use her appearance to evaluate her.
“I see a lot of women who put themselves out there having to deal with visual attacks.”
Throughout her life, she underwent 26 operations to correct the joints in her hands and knees. She received care for her scoliosis as well.
But Melissa makes an effort to be upbeat. She does acknowledge that, on occasion, the negative things might make her feel depressed.
“I’d be lying if I said they didn’t bother me,” the woman remarked. It’s challenging to keep your self-esteem high. “These folks just hide behind their computers at home.” “I doubt that in real life, they would say even half of what they write online.”
Melissa has now issued a fresh challenge for individuals to upload their own photos of themselves using the hashtag #MyBestSelfie.
“I hope this encourages individuals to consider disabilities.” She questioned, “How limited is what we consider to be beautiful?”
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