What to Think About Before Posting Family Photos




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Summary: <p>We asked how you share personal photos. Here’s what we learned from your 1,200 (!) answers.</p> <p>Psychologist Guy Winch joins Manoush to untangle our mixed posting emotions. Because our grams are complex. A trans listener is thankful his parents didn’t post during his teen years. A mom doesn’t understand her daughter’s online brand. A son wishes his dad included him in family snapshots. Nothing is just a pretty picture.</p> <p>Plus, the wonderful Charlotte Philby, former editor of Motherland magazine. Her family posts were part of her "brand" - until she stopped gramming cold turkey.</p> <p>-------</p> <p>Guy Winch’s new book is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Fix-Broken-Heart-Books/dp/1501120123">How to Fix a Broken Heart.</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.charlottephilby.com/About">Charlotte Philby’s website is here,</a> and <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-spy-who-loved-me-charlotte-philby-returns-to-moscow-in-search-of-her-grandfather-kim-philby-1915508.html">the article she wrote</a> about her famous spy granddad is incredible.</p> <p>We gathered some of your comments <a href="https://medium.com/@NoteToSelf/what-to-think-about-before-posting-family-photos-214ccd038c1d">in a Medium post</a>, because you all are amazing.</p> <p>Subscribe to our <a href="http://wnyc.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4109fdd323aaac7078eadaa8f&amp;id=d0eadaf34f">Wednesday morning newsletter</a> for info on new episodes, our must-reads, and the news you need to get just a <i>little </i>geeky.</p> <p>Follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/manoushz">@manoushz</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/NoteToSelf">@notetoself</a>, or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NoteToSelfPodcast">on Facebook.</a> Email us any time at notetoself@wnyc.org - we love to hear from you. Responses from real humans, not bots, promise.</p>