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One unique challenge that I think young people face today especially

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is, there is so much pressure to create this online identity.

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That's scary, and intimidating, and challenging, and stressful,

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and make citing, but it's a lot of pressure.

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Something that we never had with social media and what's going

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on on social media, the attacks on social media,

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but also for the younger generation.

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When they're first coming out, what information is being fed

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to them or attacks are coming at them or conversion therapy.

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Ads are being served to them.

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Honestly, I don't know.

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Who I would be today if I had to deal with the challenges

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of social media, the way that young people do today,

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as supportive and energizing, as that place can be,

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it can also be toxic.

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It can also create an environment, which you question your own

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Beauty. Write your own body image.

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We have a social media.

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Safety is, it is also incredibly weaponize,

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the ground or Community.

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Where the number one community that is attacked on social

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media platform, social media or also can be a place where they can

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grow Community where they can get their message out.

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It can be a tool in order to create protest in communication,

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and find like-minded people in your own Community who you can

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Inspire to join your your efforts.

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So it's a double-edged sword.

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I hope that people are using that sword in the right way.

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There are a lot of folks on Instagram who can inform you about

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the She's an identity since I think that they have a lot more

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Tools in that sense to better understand themselves,

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which is they think partially why youth are coming out earlier

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not have access to you deserves that access to you and whether

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that's like people in your everyday life,

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whether it's strangers on the internet creating those boundaries

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so that the place online that is your community can remain.

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Safe is crucial to set up those boundaries that keep you safe,

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keep you singing so that you can focus on what matters most

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to you and focus on the people that matter most to you.