Episode 178: Anna Akana
Mental Illness Happy Hour
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Social Media Bullying
"There is no escape now with the social media aspect of bullying," she says. "It's really easy to go online and to feed yourself that even when you shouldn't, because you feel like you deserve it." She was bullied by both girls and boys at school; one boy threatened a threat against her life if she didn't leave him alone. 'I don't think I have yet addressed a slut shaming in my YouTube thing,' he adds. "'Suck it up' seems like a really important kind of subject,. You would think that it would have gotten better than it did from my generation.'"
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