I was following the SG Instagram until recently - a nice way to see both new and established models and find them on the site...
But I had to unfollow the feed earlier this evening. It is a great shame, but it is in part a hotbed of ill-informed, ignorant and unpleasant comments from trolls and idiots who feel it is somehow okay to insult, belittle and criticise the way the models look, and to express their opinions with no apparent concern or respect for others. I know it's masking their own deficiencies and insecurities, I know they are seeking a reaction, but I've just had enough. I'm out.
It is mercifully the minority who do this, and many write comments in defence of the ladies who appear in the posts, I have tried to do my bit when I see such irrational unpleasantness, but it has got very tiring and wearing. I could try and ignore it I suppose, but I know it is there, and I really hope the models concerned don't see these negative comments and take them as the consensus, because they are CERTAINLY not...
In my experience, this site showcases so many types and facets of female beauty, and not all of them are to everyone's personal taste. People have their favourites, in life as well as art. Some models catch some people's eye more than others, but the very least we should do is to have mutual respect for their choices, their style, their decision to put themselves out there? Otherwise where will we end up? With some kind of homogenised, standardised understanding of 'beauty'? Yuck.
Big love and respect to every model on the site - Whatever your hair style/colour, tattoo coverage, piercing count and so on. You are all wonderful and amazing ladies on your own terms, and I hope the respect continues to outweigh the hate. I know it already does here - we will have to keep working on the world beyond this website.