University of the Incarnate Word The Athenaeum Theses & Dissertations 8-2021 "You All Look Like @wolfiecindy:" The Homogeny of acialF Self- Presentation Among Female Instagram Users Kelly McGinty University of the Incarnate Word,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://athenaeum.uiw.edu/uiw_etds Part of the Critical and Cultural Studies Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Mass Communication Commons, and the Social Media Commons Recommended Citation McGinty, Kelly, ""You All Look Like @wolfiecindy:" The Homogeny of acialF Self-Presentation Among Female Instagram Users" (2021). Theses & Dissertations. 389. https://athenaeum.uiw.edu/uiw_etds/389 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by The Athenaeum. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses & Dissertations by an authorized administrator of The Athenaeum. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. “YOU ALL LOOK LIKE @WOLFIECINDY”: THE HOMOGENY OF FACIAL SELF- PRESENTATION AMONG FEMALE INSTAGRAM USERS by KELLY MCGINTY A THESIS Presented to the Faculty of the University of the Incarnate Word in partial fulfillMent of the requireMents for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD August 2021 ii Copyright by Kelly McGinty 2021 iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This thesis becomes a reality with the kind support and help of many individuals. It is a genuine pleasure to extend My sincere thanks to all of theM. ForeMost, I would like to express My deepest appreciation to my comMittee chair, Dr. ZaZil Reyes García, whoM I look up to as nothing short of a genius and served as my inspiration to pursue this undertaking.