social media is kind of like the only way to communicate it's the only way you feel connected to anyone I could be myself I need a perfect body I can't get rid of it she was bullied that makes you want to beat up somebody it doesn't really end it becomes everything everything I always want to do this I hope to document the first generation that had grown up with social media their entire lives what did you hear teenagers from Los Angeles agreed to share their private accounts and their digital experiences school is starting how many of you were asked to send a nude of yourself if you put out content like Kim Kardashian did maybe you'll get famous my social media consumption is 12 hours a day you edit your body to be something it's not one of the major beauty standards is you kind of have to be Caucasian people would just call you the n-word so I took action and they took my whole account down it's frightening to see how sexualized some of these images are I sort of don't want to look at my kids Tik Tok gorgeous the more time I spend on social media more anxious I feel it is so scary that we are allowed to actually do this social media has a role in everything doesn't it it's hard to figure out what you want but you know what social media is telling you to want there was so much hate it did affect me a lot social media took a toe on me but I'm not alone in [Music] [Applause] this it's up to us to figure out how we can still be people [Music]