社交媒體的“扮丑自拍”

在這個吃飯走路都要美美地自拍一張更新社交媒體狀態的時代，在鏡頭前隨時隨地保持美顏讓不少人心里暗暗叫苦。一些人索性故意分享一些扮丑自拍，釋放心情。

Ugly selfie refers to a deliberately unattractive photographic self-portrait.
扮丑自拍指的是故意自拍的不吸引人的照片。

Yet in a what’s-your-status world filled with overwhelming pressure to look camera-ready at all times, it can be liberating to drop the facade and laugh at society’s obsession with the exterior.
在當今這個隨時要更新狀態的時代，一直保持攝像頭前的美顏的壓力太大了，丟掉虛偽，嘲笑社會對美貌的癡迷能讓人釋放心情。

Thus, in the last few years, the ugly selfie — a selfie that’s intentionally silly or unattractive — was born.
因此在過去幾年，故意顯得愚蠢或者不漂亮的扮丑自拍應運而生。

Though selfie culture continues to have its critics, sharing intentionally unattractive pics really is having a positive effect on many girls.
盡管自拍文化仍有諸多爭議，分享故意扮丑的自拍照對很多女孩卻有積極意義。

As 20-year-old Devin says, "An ugly selfie is a way to tell the world, 'Hey, maybe my skin isn't glowing and maybe I don't look super fit, but that doesn't mean that I'm any less worthwhile. In fact, that doesn't mean a single thing about me.'"
就像20歲的德文所說：“扮丑自拍告訴世界，‘嘿’，也許我的皮膚不光彩照人，也許我并不那么苗條，但這并不會貶低我的個人價值。其實這些對我來說什么都算不上。”

（中國日報網英語點津 yaning）