The Personal Assistant

by Kimberly Belle

Social media is volatile, and it moves at the speed of light. Oftentimes, when people latch on to something, they blow it so far out of proportion that ten minutes later they don’t even remember why they’re all riled up, only that they are. When that happens, it’s really hard to turn the tide.”

Suddenly, my life—or at least the parts of it I uploaded to Instagram—stopped belonging to me. My pictures became content, my Instagram a lifestyle magazine of pretty squares and peppy captions.