Friday, 25 March 2016

# The Hate Against Hate

Hi guys,

So now-a-days, you can't escape all the celebrity hate that swarming around social media, especially Twitter.

When I first joined social media, I was introduced to this idea of hate, and it didn't take  long until i was constantly surrounded by it. People going out of their way to turn on someone's instagram notifications so they can be the first to leave a pathetic comment, following someone you don't even know or like on Twitter just so you can leave them a disgusting message.

Youtubers are one group of people that get a ridiculous amount of hate daily. Whether  it is because wannabe zoellas are jealous of how successful they are, we will never  know. Alfie Deyes, a vlogger that was being  interviewed on ITVs 'This Morning' earlier on today, is one that's used to this thought. When asked how he dealt with it, he simply said he 'felt sorry for them'. As much as I'd like to have the strength and maturity to think only that about them, I can't.

At times, I do feel sorry for those people who go out of their way to attempt to make someone's life miserable. However I can't deny being furious with these people and replying to their messages totally owning them. Sometimes I hate the fact that I do that, the thought that I might fuel it, but I know I'm not the only one who feels this way.

The reason this came to mind is the situation that happened a couple of days ago with Zoella. It was all over  Twitter, but in case you missed  it I'll fill you in. Zoe Sugg posted a picture of herself in bed saying 'night' to all of us on snapchat. At the bottom corner of the photo, you could see a bit of her Calvin Klein pants. According to The Sun newspaper, who wrote a hate article entirely on this photo, the fact that they were  Calvin's was a HUGE deal and rather quite 'risqué'. They also comments  on the fact she wasn't wearing a bra to bed. Seems like somebody's trying to pick on tiny, unimportant things to me...

So this was the  photo that broke the internet. Millions of her followers stood with Zoe in this body positivity fight back by posting a photo of themselves  in their underwear with the hashtag #westandwithzoe . This also included some....shall we say comical photos?? This fight back resulted in the paper saying it was just a joke...yeah okay Sun, it totally looked like a joke...

What's your opinion on this situation and celebrity hate as a whole??

Keep it sweet, Ciara xxx

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Monday, 14 March 2016

I'm Back!....and hopefully not bad!

Hello everyone!

As i write this on a miserable monday morning, looking out of the patio doors at my cat who's showing off the bird she's just caught, i'm ill! I've caught something like a flu so i've been all stuffy for the past week or so. Not fun.

But me being ill for the past week doesn't make up for the fact that i've not blogged for months. Now that i work on Saturdays, have Sunday as a homework/revision day and have school stressing me out during the week, i don't really have a lot of time to relax anymore. So, as i'm just sitting here feeling sorry for myself looking like a 200 year old corpse, i decided i'd blog.

So basically, i want to start making more of an effort in life because i've got some pretty big exams coming up and despite teachers on at me practically 24/7, i don't have a lot of motivation. I thought that if i'm more productive in writing, then i'll be more productive in revision rather than netflix binging.

So yeah, i'm going to start trying to post at least once a month to ease myself into it again.

So for now, have a lovely Monday (cos that's possible right?) and i'll see you soon.

Lots of love, Ciara xx