--- title: Selfie Statue In Texas Is Drawing Mixed Reactions description: A statue of two girls taking a selfie together has drawn mixed reactions from the town's residents. canonical: https://time.com/4354114/selfie-statue-sugar-land-texas/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-01T19:53:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:53.517Z og:title: People Have a Lot of Feelings About This Texas Selfie Statue og:description: What a time to be alive. og:url: https://time.com/4354114/selfie-statue-sugar-land-texas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Have a Lot of Feelings About This Texas Selfie Statue twitter:description: What a time to be alive. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # A Selfie Statue Has Divided This Texas Town  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 1, 2016 7:53 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 1, 2016 7:53 PM UTC In what might be the most quintessentially [millennial controversy](http://time.com/247/millennials-the-me-me-me-generation/) of the year, a Texas town is divided over a statue that depicts two girls taking a [selfie](http://time.com/4295701/social-media-ruining-vacations/). A bronze selfie statue in front of Sugar Land, Texas’ city hall is drawing mixed reactions from the town’s residents and visitors. The bronze statue was donated by Sugar Land resident Sandy Levin as a part of a 10-piece collection. The [Sugar Land Parks and Recreation Advisory Board says](http://www.sugarlandtx.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=798) that the statues are supposed to signify “activities that occur in the Square;” another statue features a man playing a guitar. Some people felt salty about the statue representing the town. > [](https://twitter.com/MariahGermain/status/736969386884370433) > [](https://twitter.com/FederiKoRaivan/status/736308111665958914) While others saw the humor and relevancy of the art and even took their own selfies in a meta move. > [](https://twitter.com/MoMoneyAkhtar/status/735921067336687617) > [](https://twitter.com/Gemrick/status/736396176128380932) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4354114/selfie-statue-sugar-land-texas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4354114/selfie-statue-sugar-land-texas/"},"headline":"A Selfie Statue Has Divided This Texas Town","datePublished":"2016-06-01T19:53:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:53.517Z","description":"What a time to be alive.","url":"https://time.com/4354114/selfie-statue-sugar-land-texas/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society","selfie"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4354114/selfie-statue-sugar-land-texas/","name":"A Selfie Statue Has Divided This Texas Town"}}]}] ```