i think it's brave: to be 13
The normal turbulence and awkwardness of middle school was magnified by perpetual “new-girl-ness
Brené Brown • Braving the Wilderness
juarry added
You’re supposed to be embarrassed of your younger self—really. It’s a mark of progress. (It doesn’t mean you have to stay embarrassed, though.)
Brianna Wiest • 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
Danielle Vermeer added
Some More Insight Into The Gen Z Coolness Crisis
There are four sort of low-level generational discourses circulating the web right now that I want to try and synthesize into a larger idea. There’s the weird backlash around the word “demure” going viral after a trans TikToker popularized it. There are millennials panicking that Gen Z thinks we all ... See more
There are four sort of low-level generational discourses circulating the web right now that I want to try and synthesize into a larger idea. There’s the weird backlash around the word “demure” going viral after a trans TikToker popularized it. There are millennials panicking that Gen Z thinks we all ... See more
The crystal cube of agony
Brian Thomas Clark and added
I was a shy and anxious kid, consumed by big feelings and perfectionism, neither of which I understood.
Quitting Alcohol Was a Natural Extension of Yoga
Frank Brown added
And that's why smart people's lives are worst between, say, the ages of eleven and seventeen. Life at that age revolves far more around popularity than before or after.
Paul Graham • Why Nerds are Unpopular
Ajinkya Wadhwa added
And the freedom—we never felt the freedom to grow up clumsily; to be young and dumb and make stupid mistakes without fear of it being posted online. Or the freedom to be unavailable, to disconnect for a while without the pressure of Read Receipts and Last Active statuses. We never knew a childhood spent chasing experiences and risks and independenc... See more
Erikc Perez-Perez added
One of the greatest tragedies of modern technology is entire generations afraid to sit with their own thoughts.
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