The birth of blogging was the direct result of our need for honesty, realism and a sprinkling of rawness. Over the last five years the digital world has exploded as we all become a little bit obsessed with finding people 'just like us' online, connecting in a way that's fundamentally based on a common interest or goal. I for one was a little disheartened with the glossiness of magazines and the falseness of reality television back in 2010, which is why I started to share my passions with others via this site. Fast forward a few years and blogs have evolved to be something altogether different from what they once were, almost becoming as glossy and aspirational as the magazines we once were revolting against. Bloggers are sporting their designer bags and brand new rose gold watches, sipping their soy lattes and flying off to exotic locations as if it was a trip to Birmingham; although we all grow, evolve and discover new passions (as well as disposable incomes,) it seems that our online lives are now completely controlled by our need to project a certain image of ourselves. Essena O'Neill has already had a breakdown about the whole thing (although how much of that was either a cry for help or publicity stunt to launch her new site we'll never know,) but it seems that so is the pressure of bloggers to project a 'perfect life' that many of those within the community are quite simply adopting the mantra "fake it til you make it".
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