I also got some less specific answers that did not make a lot of sense, particularly from Will Henderson, another junior, who defined VSCO girls as “an interesting movement redefining Karl Marx’s ideas in a 21st-century context.”Īfter defining the basic idea of what the “character” of a VSCO girl was, I thought it would be interesting to ask people what some of the “key characteristics” or “items” VSCO girls have, and to see how different the answers would be from person to person.
It’s not that they are basic as people, but they are automatically generalized with an entire group of people just for following a trend that they enjoy.” Other definitions came from Alexander Macharaschwili, a junior, who defined the term as “a skinny annoying white girl who wants to be funny, but has a bad sense of humor,” or Sarah Payne, also a junior, who simply responded to my question with “sksksk, and I oop,” some phrases often associated with being a VSCO girl. They like the style and the trend and they want to go along with it. Grace Hartman, a sophomore at Adams, defined VSCO girls as “someone who is seen as basic online.” She continued this with, “I think they just want to be trendy. When thinking of VSCO girls, I just get a very particular “somewhat basic” image of what I envision to be a VSCO girl, but that does not make the term any easier to explain to someone who has no knowledge of this idea or the app itself. Each time this happens, it is apparent that the term is, in a way, hard to define. Since the term has become popular, I have been asked countless times to define it to adults. Looking back and doing some research, the idea of a VSCO girl most likely originated on TikTok or Instagram. The term “VSCO girl” does not have an exact origin point. With “follows” and “likes” hidden, one could say VSCO is a more positive alternative to Instagram, one that is less focused on numbers and more on creativity. Another key difference comes in the type of interactions VSCO users can have through posting instead of “likes,” VSCO offers favorites, and there is also the opportunity to “republish” another user’s photo.
From its description the app can sound a lot like Instagram as both have editing abilities and social media aspects, but, unlike Instagram, VSCO does not allow users to see the activity on other users’ posts. Today the app serves as both a space to edit pictures, as well as post them in a social media type way. Its purpose and popularity has evolved through the years as it was first intended only as a photo editing app. VSCO was originally released in 2011 as VSCO Cam.
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