Sadly, social media is a hotbed of good versus evil. Whilst there are so many lovely people, there are also a lot of mean spirited people who might forget that even Bloggers/Vloggers/Astronauts have feelings. I just threw in astronauts for the Lolz. Fail.
I spotted a tweet the other day saying "What talent do these 'bloggers' have to be on the cover of magazines?"
I MEAN WHAT? I'm not sure which blogger they were referring to and I certainly wouldn't make that person feel bad by pointing it out even if I did know, but in order to get on the cover of a magazine or release a product, they had to work incredibly hard.
Why aren't we all saying, "She's doing so well! I'm so proud to be part of this industry"?Every time you see a blog post, it's taken hours to prepare, photograph, money spent on domains, hosting, design, advertising, camera's and so much more. I can't speak for everyone, but I don't start work each day at 11am whilst wearing my PJ's and watching television whilst I bask in all the 'free' stuff I receive to feature on my blog.
I'm very fortunate, I'm sent products for blog consideration as many other bloggers are, but that is certainly not 'free' stuff. In order to feature that £10 moisturiser, I've just used £800 worth of camera equipment, spent 3 hours trialling, photographing and writing about it, emailed it off to the brand and then spent a further hour promoting it on social media and across advertising platforms (which by the way, I pay for).
People working in a certain supermarket earn £8.40 an hour, so in the 4 hours I spent doing all of that, I've made a tenner (and after costs, I'm probably at a loss). If you work in that Supermarket, you've made £33.60 in that time. Are we complaining about it? No! but please don't say we don't work and are sent 'free stuff' all the time.
I actually witnessed a female blogger calling another female blogger/vlogger an "Ugly fake ass joke who no-one can be arsed with" (again on Twitter, the hub of many a troll it seems!)The fact that a woman would say that about another woman is disgusting. Surely we should all be sticking together and showing hatred towards really 'ugly' people like terrorists and murderers - not against someone because they have had some success! Women all across the world are being treated like second class citizens and you think it's okay to pull another woman down because they've created a successful life?
We should be celebrating each other NOT tearing each other down.
Every time one of my peers releases a new product, I am beyond proud. I know how much work has gone into that item and how nervous that person must be about it. I know that as a woman, we're automatically the underdog and it's hard enough creating success without other women tearing us down.
So to go back to the first point, no, we might not be olympians, world class singers or Teenage mutant ninja bloody turtles but we're here. We're trying our best and as far as I'm concerned that's a wonderful thing.
I've featured the new Zoella Lifestyle range, Tanya Burr Christmas Lip Glosses, Co-Lab Dry Shampoo (By Ruth Crilly) and Real Techniques brushes (By Pixiwoo's Sam Chapman & Nic Haste) which are all available to buy at Superdrug or Boots.
Congratulations Ladies, you've done an incredible job and I for one couldn't be prouder to say 'I'm a Blogger'.
Who Run The World? GIRLS.
Holly x
