Luckily, Google One subscriptions are flexible and affordable. Google no longer offers unlimited free storage for ‘high quality’ images - or any kind of unlimited cloud storage deal (although many of the best photo storage and sharing sites do offer unlimited space on a subscription basis). Google Photos offers 15GB of storage for free, which should be sufficient if you’re only planning to back up your very favorite photos.īut if you want to make a second copy of your entire image library, you’ll need to consider a Google One subscription. Plus baked-in connectivity options make it super easy to share your shots with friends and family. With all of your shots stored online, you can also access them anywhere, anytime, using almost any web-connected device – and it doesn’t have to made by Google or Android. Unlike a physical hard drive, there’s no risk of mechanical failure. Whether you’re backing up snaps from your phone, tablet, PC or Mac, this guide has step-by-step instructions to help you safely stash your shots from any device.īacking up your images to one of the best photo cloud storage services - and Google Photos is definitely that - has many benefits. Pick up the November issue of ESSENCE for more on Normani’s story.Uploading images to Google Photos is also incredibly easy. Normani Kordei Hamilton normanikordei) is the diversity ambassador of The Cybersmile Foundation, an anti-cyberbullying organization. All I need to do is love myself despite the hate I get, and not allow others’ hatred toward me to change the way I feel and view the world, and what I have to offer. This experience just shows me that you can’t really change what people think or what the perception may be. If I like a picture, I will post it-that’s it. I’m back on Snapchat too, and for Instagram I’ve deactivated the comments section. I logged back on to Twitter on September 13. I was being judged solely off the way I look. Some take my darker complexion as a negative. I was hurting because these people were judging me based on things they didn’t know about me. It’s hard for my family-we’re very close-to hold their tongue, because they care and want to defend me, but you can’t respond.Īs the only Black girl in the group, I wasn’t sure my groupmates understood how it felt to be in my position. I tried blocking people and even reported some to Twitter, but by then my family was being targeted, too. Threats were made against my life, and although our group has security, I was scared. There were even posted images of me being lynched and whipped. I was compared to a monkey and called the N-word. Many of the tweets I received were filled with racial hatred. My first reaction was, Are you kidding? But the negative comments just kept coming. It seemed that my description of Camila wasn’t good enough for some of our fans. I didn’t think much of it, but over the next few days everything escalated. Hours later I noticed a few negative comments on my Twitter feed. When I got to Camila, I hesitated a little bit because So I described Ally, Lauren and Dinah first. At one point I was asked to “describe each girl in the group with one word.” Of course, I elaborated because one word didn’t seem like enough. While we were there, I did a solo interview with Galore. Last summer I was on tour with my Fifth Harmony groupmates, and we had a stop in New York City. What others say about you is a reflection of them, NOT you.” In her silence she found massive support from celebs such as Zendaya, who reminded her fans how common it is for a “Black woman in this industry” to experience this “type of racially charged hate,” and Keke Palmer, who Instagrammed, “You are such a beautiful girl, Normani. Subscribe to our daily newsletter for the latest in hair, beauty, style and celebrity news. The hate flooded her social media channels, and like comedian Leslie Jones, who was also cyberbullied last summer, Kordei took a self-imposed break from Twitter. Last August, African-American member Normani Kordei Hamilton (who goes by Normani Kordei) was at the center of racist attacks from trolls who felt she had slighted one of the other singers in the group. VIctor Hugo/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
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