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You know, I went through such a bad time in my twenties. Thinking like, Oh no, I’m this genius writer, everything I do’s gotta be ingenious, blah blah blah blah, and bein’ so shut down and miserable for three or four years. That it’s worth
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“He liked how sometimes science helped him to know and hate himself more thoroughly.”
― Bucky F*cking Dent
― Bucky F*cking Dent
“The weird thing is that I cared about him at the same time I found him gross. He grossed me out... And that I was so deep in my problem that I couldn’t accept real, genuine, nonsexual or nonromantic or non-prettiness-type interest in me even if it was offered to me.”
― The Pale King
― The Pale King
“The APA surveyed multiple studies which found links between the sexualization of girls and a wide range of mental health issues, including low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, cutting, even cognitive-dysfunction. Apparently, thinking about being hot makes it hard to think: "Chronic attention to physical appearance leaves fewer cognitive resources available for other mental and physical activities," said the APA report.”
― American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
― American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
“Reading has always been like breathing for me, necessary for existing and thinking. But recently, I find, as I try to make it through the pages, my mind keeps wandering to my phone. What's happening there? What am I missing?”
― American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
― American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
“A landmark 2007 report by the American Psychological Association (APA) found girls being sexualized--or treated as "objects of sexual desire... as things rather than as people with legitimate sexual feelings of their own"--in virtually every form of media, including movies, television, music videos and lyrics, video games and the Internet, advertising, cartoons, clothing, and toys. Even Dora the Explorer, once a cute, square-bodied child, got a makeover to make her look more svelte and "hot.”
― American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
― American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
Andee Nero’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Andee Nero’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
956 books
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4,432 friends
200 books
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29 friends
1,376 books
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92 friends
2,358 books
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112 friends
803 books
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88 friends
64 books
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29 friends
1,554 books
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27 friends
405 books
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32 friends
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