An influencer has claimed that the popular
Social Media pose is a form of visual trickery. But why would you bother, when it’s so easy to do by yourself? And does it matter if it’s fake or not?
Even if the phrase “mirror selfies” isn’t in your daily lexicon, you likely know what it means: a selfie which, rather than being taken directly – camera-phone to face – is taken using a mirror, giving you a photograph of your own reflection.
Last week the internet trope - a mainstay of influencers such a
Kendall Jenner, recognisable for the placement of a phone in front of the face - became freshly controversial.