- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
You are the biggest influencer in your life.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back when Myspace was around I couldn't wait to have my own account. My parents told me I could get one as long as I was okay with the fact that with the good comes the bad.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe there definitely are good things about social networking. It's a way for people to connect all around the world.
- Bullying
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- Nov 07, 2020
My biggest piece of advice when it comes to bullying is to have an open communication about it.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I normally don't ever talk about my dating life or anything super personal in the press just because I feel like there's this fine line between what to keep to myself and what to share.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like I've built up this persona of always being positive and always being happy, and I worried if my audience sees me not in that light, will they think less of me? Will they discredit me? Will I just be nothing?
- Said
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- Nov 07, 2020
My original plan was to graduate high school and major in computer engineering at college. That went out the window, and I said, 'I have to do something with speaking.'
- End Of The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter what we look like or what size we are, at the end of the day we are all human.
- Bullying
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- Nov 07, 2020
I experienced bullying as early as the first day of kindergarten and there were times where I wish could escape out of my body.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I have the most incredible support system in the world. They let me have those times when I just want to cry. But I give myself a deadline and say, today's my sad day but tomorrow when the sun comes up it's done.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've met so many people who have come up to tell me their personal stories, and a lot of them express the same feelings that I have, especially reading things online.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
But after the TED talk went viral, I called Sara Hirsh Bordo, who had produced TEDxAustinWomen, to ask her advice. She told me she'd like to do a documentary, and that we should work together on anti-bullying efforts.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having to look a certain way, or be a certain weight, comes from magazines, movies, the media.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I credit a lot of learning to love myself to my faith, my family and my friends. Everyone needs someone you can look to for constant support, who you never have to impress, to share your happy and sad days.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing I did was to create a Love Yourself List. I wrote down everything I like about myself, and put it on my bathroom mirror. Then I read it until I believed it. Any time I compared myself to others, and felt negative about myself, I'd go back to that list.
- Communication
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bullying needs to have more attention, and there needs to be more open communication in schools to make kids feel comfortable enough to speak up.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020