In another post, a hot pant clad, belly top wearing teen sits sprawled across some steps, her high heels at the end of her long tanned legs, are perched on the lower step, her legs parting with hot pants just short enough to show the underside of her bottom between her thighs, the photo caption: “Dear Autumn, bite me” with a devil emoji. One comment from a user named “lust_4_life” – who’s profile photo suggests he’s a middle-aged man – under the photo of a Polish teen, posing with her leg wrapped around a door in tiny hot pants reads: “very… beautiful” accompanied by a fire and heart-eyed emoji. From images of girls as young as 10 posing, laid down, in cutaway bikinis on a sunset beach, to 14 and 15 year old’s straddling motorbikes, legs spread apart, seductively eating ice cream whilst staring straight at the camera the feed makes for an unsettling portrayal of what the term “teen” has become interpreted as in today’s society. You may feel aware of who is around you, as this image feed is not something you may comfortably be caught scrolling through. Many of these “teen” accounts claim to be “run by mum” – therefore enabling account holders, whether ran by the parent or not – to get around the age restrictions by presenting that the content posted is vetted by a parent and that the mothers’ operate as managers of their child’s modelling “career.” The hashtag count currently stands at 1.1 million images and whilst Instagram requires a user to be 13 years of age before they open an account, this is rarely upheld and virtually impossible to enforce. Type #teenmodel on Instagram’s search facility and you may find yourself suddenly aware of who is overlooking your screen.
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