Updated 17 August 2017.
This is a list of resources I have curated on Selfies. Please feel free to use with credits back to this page. If you have a suggestion please do comment below.
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PEDAGOGICAL MATERIAL
Selfie Researchers Syllabus
http://www.selfieresearchers.com/the-selfie-course/selfie-syllabus/
The Selfies Research Network (TSRN)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/664091916962292/?fref=ts
TSRN Researchers (segment)
http://newhive.com/wishcrys/the-selfies-research-network
Selfies Pedagogy Group (closed group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/269901896537669/?fref=ts
Selfies teaching workshop (Association of Internet Researchers Conference 2014)
https://wishcrys.com/2014/05/20/ir15-show-me-your-selfies-a-teaching-workshop/
Making Selfies / Making Self
http://www.makingselfiesmakingself.com/
Selfiecity
http://selfiecity.net/
The Visual Media Workshop
http://www.thevisualmediaworkshop.com/
Selfies bibliography – Making Selfies / Making Self
http://www.makingselfiesmakingself.com/selfies-bibliography-archive.html
Selfies bibliography – The Selfies Research Network
https://www.evernote.com/pub/terrisenft/selfies#b=442bdb79-976f-45b9-b152-d2b8e666bb71&st=p&n=c9fc62d7-f4e3-4da6-bb9d-e1a0406f3288
Selfies: Inter-faces and ‘me’-diated bodies workshop (Social Media and Society Conference 2015)
Event: https://socialmediaandsociety.com/2015-workshops/selfies-inter-faces-and-me-diated-bodies/
Recap: http://stefanieduguay.com/?p=920
Know Thy Selfie — An exercise in Selfie Reflection
https://medium.com/buzzademia-now/know-thy-selfie-8c0c023372b
“Know Thy Selfie”: A Selfie Group Discussion Assignment
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/know-thy-selfie-a-selfie-group-discussion-assignment/59627
The Selfie Course: More than a MOOC
https://www.academia.edu/13197297/The_Selfie_Course_More_than_a_MOOC
Selves & Selfies: Performing Identity Online
http://selvesandselfies.blogspot.sg/
Why do my Facebook Friends look just like me?
https://medium.com/@markcmarino/why-do-my-facebook-friends-look-just-like-me-d14522725035
Unpacking Videos Unboxing videos for abstract concepts an exercise from #SelfieClass at USC
https://medium.com/@markcmarino/unpacking-videos-6d86eb3b4ad0
Selfie-grounding bibliography
https://www.facebook.com/groups/664091916962292/671783662859784/
Selfie Pedagogy I: The Digital Humanities and Selfie Culture
http://dmlcentral.net/digital-humanities-and-selfie-culture-part-1/
Selfie Pedagogy II: Internet Identity and Selfie Practices
http://dmlcentral.net/selfie-pedagogy-ii-internet-identity-and-selfie-practices/
Selfie Pedagogy III: Networked Spaces, Slut Shaming and Putting Selfies in Dialogue with Theory
http://dmlcentral.net/selfie-pedagogy-iii-networked-spaces-slut-shaming-and-putting-selfies-in-dialogue-with-theory/
CHERCHEZ LA FEMME: FEMINISM AND SELFIES
https://www.facebook.com/events/1493753837592245/
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ACADEMIC RESEARCH
What Does the Selfie Say? Investigating a Global Phenomenon – Special Issue
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/issue/view/11#more4
Me-diated Inter-faces – Special Issue
http://journals.sagepub.com/page/sms/collections/special-issues/mediated-interfaces
Selfie Citizenship
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-45270-8
Vote for my selfie: Politician selfies as charismatic leadership
Chapter: https://www.academia.edu/24830965/Abidin_Crystal._2017._Vote_for_my_selfie_Politician_selfies_as_charismatic_engagement._Pp._75-87_in_Selfie_Citizenship_edited_by_Adi_Kuntsman._London_Palgrave
Talk: https://mmutube.mmu.ac.uk/media/Crystal+Abidin/1_jcl48owa
Aren’t these just young, rich women doing vain things online?: Influencer selfies as subversive frivolity
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2056305116641342
Re-thinking the relationship between media and sexuality education
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/re-thinking-the-relationship-between-media-and-sexuality-education-kath-albury-tickets-17997495995?ref=enivte&invite=ODMxOTE3Ny9rYW5lLnJhY2VAc3lkbmV5LmVkdS5hdS8w
The Visual Media Workshop @KPU presents Patricia Routh on the Cinematic Gaze and selfies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zItBgreLqXY
The Visual Media Workshop @KPU presents Dr. Kath Albury on Sexting, selfies, and sneaky hats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbDS09UT4m4
Studying selfies: USC’s #SelfieClass examines what online photos say about us
http://news.usc.edu/80854/studying-selfies-uscs-selfieclass-class-examines-what-online-photos-say-about-us/
New book out now: Seeing Ourselves Through Technology
http://jilltxt.net/?p=4086
The Allure of the Selfie
https://www.academia.edu/8735723/The_Allure_of_the_Selfie
Selfies in Hong Kong
https://www.facebook.com/groups/664091916962292/931244830246998/
Fashioning the feminine self in ‘‘prosumer capitalism’’: Women’s work and the transnational reselling of Western luxury online
https://www.facebook.com/groups/664091916962292/856141671090648/
I am Just Doing my Bit to Promote Modesty: Niqabis’ self-portraits on photo-sharing websites
https://www.facebook.com/groups/664091916962292/665241626847321/
Gift of the Selfie
https://www.academia.edu/15718099/Gift_of_the_Selfie
The Skin of the Selfie (Unabridged Version)
https://www.academia.edu/15941920/The_Skin_of_the_Selfie_Unabridged_Version_
Kern Conference on Visual Communication – Selfies, Self-portraits, and Social media
http://www.rit.edu/cla/kern/about
PHOTOBOMB: A dialogue on selfies, violence, and war
http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/hip/war/photobomb–a-dialogue/
Snapping, Sharing… Being. Digital Online Photography and Identity Construction
http://www.scriptiesonline.uba.uva.nl/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx?type=simple&lang=en&c=uvascript&sid=442fc3a5a9ab55e2a45da465ea52ff68&rgn1=entire+record&q1=ana+mireles&Submit.x=11&Submit.y=14
Self-media: The self, the face, the media and the selfies
https://www.academia.edu/13785723/Self-media._The_self._the_face_the_media_and_the_selfies._Unabridged_extended_and_revised_version_2015_
Ego Update
http://www.nrw-forum.de/en/publications/publication-ego-update
Notes to self: the visual culture of selfies in the age of social media
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10253866.2015.1052967
Understanding digital selves through film
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/business/departments/marketing/events/2015/november/understanding-digital-selves-through-film.aspx
Selfies in ‘mommyblogging’: An emerging visual genre http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221169581630174X
Beyond the self: Intersubjectivity and the social semiotic interpretation of the selfie
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444817706074
Social media photography: construing subjectivity in Instagram images
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1470357216643220
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TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
Kubist
App: http://williamngan.github.io/kubist/
Press: http://killscreendaily.com/articles/web-app-picassofies-your-pictures-abstract-cubist-art/?utm_content=bufferc8c8e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Smartphones, selfies and salvaging art tradition: museums grapple with technology tension
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/museum-digital-officers-and-the-collision-of-art-and-technology/6517604?utm_content=bufferb8854&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Alibaba’s Jack Ma shows off new ‘pay with a selfie’ technology
http://fortune.com/2015/03/17/alibabas-jack-ma-shows-off-new-pay-with-a-selfie-technology/
People Are Making Homemade Selfie Sticks And They Are Insane
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/people-are-making-homemade-selfie-sticks-and-they-are-insane#.ah3q5Vw6y
It’s Time To Leave Planet Earth Because There’s Now A Selfie Spoon
http://www.buzzfeed.com/candacelowry/its-time-to-leave-planet-earth-because-theres-now-a-selfie-s?utm_term=.ex4VyKzxg#.rl1J0AGkw
The ‘audio selfie’ — a different kind of interview evolves at StoryCorps
http://blog.ted.com/the-audio-selfie-a-different-kind-of-interview-evolves-at-storycorps/
Sex Selfie Stick: Nowhere Is Sacred Anymore
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/03/03/sex-selfie-stick-photos_n_6791362.html
Google’s Street View cameras are touring museums and taking weird selfies by accident
http://qz.com/229852/googles-street-view-cameras-are-touring-museums-and-taking-weird-selfies-by-accident/#229852/googles-street-view-cameras-are-touring-museums-and-taking-weird-selfies-by-accident/
Selfie angst and Android backlash in Apple’s ‘weird’ iOS 9 upgrade
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/selfie-angst-and-android-backlash-in-apples-weird-ios-9-upgrade-2015-09-17
You’re Toast: Company Will Stamp Your Face on Sliced Bread
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/toast-company-stamp-face-sliced-bread/story?id=24581121&override=facebook
Sea Otter Selfie
http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/blogs/comments/sea_otter_selfie
No shame in her #selfie game
https://instagram.com/p/8ydKCWFbxI/
The selfie was created pretty much by accident… and that’s how the next big thing could appear
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/12/selfies-front-facing-cameras-the-next-big-thing
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COMMERCE & COMMODIFICATION
The rise of the selfie and the monetisation of social media
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/thelist/the-rise-of-the-selfie-and-the-monetisation-of-social-media/5885926
Microcelebrity selfies (case study)
https://wishcrys.com/2014/09/29/microcelebrity-social-media-selfies/
Selfie fashion
https://wishcrys.com/2015/10/19/selfie-fashion/
Kim Kardashian to give talk on the ‘objectification of women’
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/kim-kardashian-to-give-talk-on-the-objectification-of-women-10332252.html
Attention Instagram “models”: You are selling yourselves
http://www.theproblemismen.com/rants/instagram-fame
Your Selfie Idea Is Not Original. It’s Shit.
http://yourselfieideaisnotoriginal.tumblr.com/
Brands: Your selfie contest idea is stupid
http://digiday.com/brands/psa-selfie-idea-original/
Ellen DeGeneres claims most retweeted tweet of the year ahead of Justin Bieber
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/ellen-degeneres-claims-most-retweeted-tweet-of-the-year-ahead-of-justin-bieber-20141210-124k52.html
Behind the Preplanned Oscar Selfie: Samsung’s Ad Strategy
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304585004579417533278962674
Is Asia Setting the Trends on Selfies?
http://adage.com/article/global-news/asia-world-s-trend-setter-selfies/296191/
A 21-Year-Old Claims She Makes More Money Per Selfie Than She Does Working All Week
http://nextshark.com/a-21-year-old-claims-she-makes-more-money-per-selfie-than-she-does-working-all-week/
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GENDER & SEXUALITY
Fieldnotes: Body labour and selfies
https://wishcrys.com/2015/01/14/fieldnotes-body-labour-and-selfies/
These Trans People Are Taking Selfies To Celebrate Transgender Day Of Visibility
http://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/these-trans-people-are-taking-selfies-to-celebrate-transgend#.mnJJ3aNeo
A feminist response to moral panic around girls’ ‘boner garage’ Instagram selfies
https://tasayouth.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/a-feminist-response-to-moral-panic-around-girls-boner-garage-instagram-selfies/
Selfies and Misogyny: The Importance of Selfies as Self-Love
http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/04/selfies-as-self-love/
What’s Really Going On With The Sexist Backlash Against Selfies
http://www.gradientlair.com/post/115395306478/sexist-backlash-against-selfies
New research suggests selfies are way more empowering than you think
http://hellogiggles.com/selfies-act-of-feminism/
Sorority Girls Took Selfies at a Baseball Game — And Grown Men Mocked Them for It
http://mic.com/articles/126162/arizona-state-sorority-girls-took-selfies-at-a-baseball-game-and-grown-men-mocked-them-for-it
These Sorority Girls On A Selfie Spree At A Baseball Game Made People Really Mad For Some Reason
http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/selfie-with-a-churro#.hryeRKmkO
What We Learned from the Arizona Diamondbacks Sorority Selfie Scandal
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/10/01/arizona_state_sorority_girls_take_selfies_at_a_diamondbacks_game.html
Selfie Sorority Uses Media Frenzy for Good Cause
http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/10/selfie-sorority-uses-media-frenzy-for-good-cause.html
The Selfie Girls Everyone Mocked Use Their Fame For Good
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/selfie-girls-asu-alpha-chi-omega-domestic-violence_560eb59ae4b076812701bd7a?section=women&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000046
The Selfie Sorority Girls Are Here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOoDSYFoJxQ
The Big Problem With Selfie-Shaming We Don’t Talk About Enough
http://mic.com/articles/126528/laci-green-talks-about-sexist-selfie-shaming-on-mtvs-braless?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social
Trans Teen Takes A Selfie Every Day For 3 Years To Show His Dramatic Transformation Into A Man
http://www.boredpanda.com/gender-transition-timelapse-video-3-years-selfies-transgender-jamie-raines/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=BPFacebook
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HEALTH & WELL-BEING
Selfies Are Spreading Lice among Teenagers
http://www.neatorama.com/2015/09/21/Selfies-Are-Spreading-Lice-among-Teenagers/
Japan tourist at Taj Mahal ‘dies after fall’
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34287655
Man taking a selfie is gored to death by bull in front of horrified crowd
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-taking-selfie-gored-death-6225812
Bison selfies are a bad idea: Tourist gored in Yellowstone as another photo goes awry
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/07/23/bison-selfies-are-a-bad-idea-tourist-gored-in-yellowstone-as-another-photo-goes-awry/
Study Links Selfies To Narcissism And Psychopathy
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/12/selfies-narcissism-psychopathy_n_6429358.html
Lake Elsinore man’s idea for a snake selfie comes back to bite him
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lake-elsinore-snake-bite-20150826-story.html
So Long, Selfie Esteem: Instagram Filters Spark a New Plastic Surgery Trend
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/04/instagram-filters-sparking-new-plastic-surgery-trend?cmpid=tp-ptnr-policymic
Selfies Are Killing More People Than Shark Attacks
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/09/22/selfies_are_killing_more_people_than_shark_attacks.html
More people died from selfies than shark attacks this year
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/world/people-died-selfies-shark-attacks-year-article-1.2371747
More people are killed by tourist brochures than by sharks
https://medium.com/@jilltxt/more-people-are-killed-by-tourist-brochures-than-by-sharks-1ebaa961db23
Townsville police say selfie could have led to alleged stabbing murder
http://www.news.com.au/national/crime/townsville-police-say-selfie-could-have-led-to-alleged-stabbing-murder/story-fns0kb1g-1227548454424
The rise of ‘selfie surgery’: how young is too young to have cosmetic work?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11885893/Selfie-surgery-how-young-is-too-young-to-have-cosmetic-work.html
Academic study of people who post selfies confirms everything you suspect
http://www.local12.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/Academic-study-of-people-who-post-selfies-confirms-everything-you-suspect–217825.shtml
Seriously, think before you take selfies
http://9gag.com/gag/aZNzdz9?ref=mobile
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SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
In defence of the Selfie
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/thelist/in-defence-of-the-selfie/5840374
The Anatomy of a Social Media(ted) Protest: #OccupyCentral on Instagram
https://wishcrys.com/2014/09/30/the-anatomy-of-a-social-mediated-protest-occupycentral-on-instagram/
Taliban selfies: Why militants posed for photos in Kunduz
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34387854?OCID=twitterasia
Taliban Pose for Victory Selfies in Afghan City
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/29/world/asia/talibanpose-for-victory-selfies-in-afghan-city.html?smid=tw-nytimesworld&smtyp=cur
See How Refugees Use Selfies to Document Their Journey
http://time.com/4064988/refugee-crisis-selfies/
A Picture of a boy yerushalmi taking selfie with surveillance camera in Israel
https://www.facebook.com/0202updates/photos/a.1403112749983580.1073741827.1403064266655095/1492743471020507/?type=3
WWF Snaps #Lastselfie of Endangered Animals Selfies just got real
http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/wwf-snaps-lastselfie-endangered-animals-157138
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REGULATION & SURVEILLANCE
Disney Theme Parks Bring the Tyranny, Danger of Selfie Sticks to an End
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2015/06/26/disney_bans_selfie_sticks_in_theme_parks_citing_safety_concerns.html
New York Sends Tiger Selfies Toward Extinction
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/06/25/new_york_bans_tiger_selfies_what_will_tinder_users_do.html
How a Selfie Got Car Thieves Arrested
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/10/riding-in-cars-with-selfies/408850/
Take a selfie, post it up/The next five years you’ll…be in prison?
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/09/29/take-a-selfie-post-it-upthe-next-five-years-youll-be-in-prison/
Attorney flagged for Facebook selfie with client after winning murder acquittal
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/329539971.html
Liz Hurley Kicked Out of London’s Victoria & Albert Museum for Taking Illegal Selfie on Antique Bed
https://news.artnet.com/people/liz-hurley-victoria-and-albert-museum-339476#.Vh0msSYm28U.facebook
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‘HOW TO’
How To Take a Selfie: Pro Photographers Give Us All Their Best Self-Portrait Secrets
http://www.bustle.com/articles/7142-how-to-take-a-selfie-pro-photographers-give-us-all-their-best-self-portrait-secrets
Pusheen’s Guide to Selfies
http://www.pusheen.com/post/73666919234
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ART & POPULAR CULTURE
A Bride Took Her Own Wedding Photos And The Album Is Absolutely Beautiful
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/i-got-a-bit-weepy-at-the-last-pic#.loXRpX57P
This 2-Minute Horror Film Will Stop Everyone From Taking Selfies
Clip: http://m.vinescope.com/?v=2386
GIF: http://9gag.com/gag/a3LyNwr?ref=mobile
HELLO SELFIE MEN – QPF 2015
https://www.facebook.com/events/810083735774269/
Top 20 Self Portraits by Vivian Maier
http://monovisions.com/vivian-maier-top-20-self-portraits/
Criminal Minds – Selfie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcm0cayKGD0
CSI: Cyber: Season 1, Episode 8 Selfie 2.0
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4208888/
Eiflesland – On the 4th anniversary of the #selfie on Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atBFY7qlSlo
Selfie
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qJAPLypDnE
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3549044/
#SELFIE (Official Music Video) – The Chainsmokers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdemFfbS5H0
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HUMOUR & PARODY
Woman Recreates Hilarious Celebrity Instagram Pics
http://www.brommando.com/article/1327644/woman-recreates-hilarious-celebrity-instagram-pics?param4=fni-whm¶m2=whm¶m1=fijifrost&ts_pid=2&ts_pid=2
Taking a selfie
http://9gag.com/gag/aNKgyL6?ref=mobile
The 7 Stages Of Selfies (as Illustrated By James Franco)
http://www.buzzfeed.com/markcmarino/the-7-stages-of-selfies-as-illustrated-by-james-f-12dly
Selfie battles in ancient China
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153034902306030&id=5852261029
Seflie stick aerobics #selfiestickaerobics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HiIacvjiPw&feature=youtu.be
Ellen’s Selfie Safety Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-3d1e29-vg
Should You Post A Selfie?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd7U3OYziHY
A Better Kind of Selfie Stick: “Friend”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj-CarSGo-4
Selfie Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_O7aM0J3CI
Can We Call Butt Selfies Belfies? (A Bon Iver Music Video)
http://www.collegehumor.com.au/post/6937059/can-we-call-butt-selfies-belfies-a-bon-iver-music-video/
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SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND COMMENTARY
Polar Bears and #ObamaSelfies: The Critical Intersections of Digital Humanities and Environmental Justice
http://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/this-week-polar-bears-and-obamaselfies-the-critical-intersections-of-digital-humanities-and-environmental-justice/
An Open Letter To All Of My Friends Who Take Selfies
http://bellejar.ca/2015/05/05/an-open-letter-to-all-my-friends-who-take-selfies/
That’s Not a Selfie
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/thats-not-a-selfie-98151403214.html
The Meanings of the Selfie
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/arts/the-meanings-of-the-selfie.html?_r=0
Button-Pusher: The seductive dystopia of “Black Mirror.”
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/05/button-pusher
Even The Gods Can’t Resist The Selfie Trend. Sarvajanik Pandals In Mumbai Have Lord Ganesh Taking A Selfie!
http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/even-the-gods-can%E2%80%99t-resist-the-selfie-trend-sarvajanik-pandals-in-mumbai-have-lord-ganesh-taking-a-selfie-245183.html
Cate Blanchett: selfies are ‘pathetic’
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/lifestyle/beauty/cate-blanchett-selfies-are-pathetic-20151006-gk2vpo.html
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WISHCRYS 