About

#365FeministSelfie is a radical response to the theory that selfies are vain or plain right stupid. Many of the participants in #365FeministSelfie are using this challenge to create media that includes:
  • People of color
  • People with disabilities
  • People with chronic illness
  • Not-picture perfect parenting
  • Gender non-conforming bodies
  • Aging beautifully
  • People fighting mental illness
  • and the every day struggles of life itself.
The vast majority of  participants identify as women, but we have men and those who do not fit into the gender binary in the project as well. Most participants live in the USA or Canada, but we do have participants in Australia, the UK and Mexico as well.

So what is feminist about selfies? The people participating in this project are not seeking external validation through their photos. Rather they are creating media that includes people who do not fit the mainstream definition of beauty...although we have some of those too!

At the end of the day (or year), my hope is that people will feel more comfortable in front of a camera, more comfortable with their own image and hopefully see why others in their lives think they are beautiful.

~~ Veronica