Media literacy and self-confidence

Danae Mercer

Creator, journalist, founder

Danae studied at Cambridge and has worked as a journalist for more than ten years, including as editor-in-chief of Women's Health and Men's Health Middle East. She writes for outlets such as The Guardian, The Sunday Times and CNN Travel. Today she shows around two million people how angles, light, poses and filters create seemingly perfect pictures, and reminds them that they're allowed to be real rather than perfect. She shares her home with two cats and an Italian dog. Her topic: how online images are made and why your self-worth doesn't depend on them.