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" For all teenagers, the Internet offers a periscope to the outside world, but it's particularly important for students who are unable to find themselves represented and understood in their immediate surroundings. "

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" Social media is my portal into the rest of the world - my periscope into the communities next to my community, into how the rest of the world thinks and feels. "

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" There is much about the shared terrain of being a black person in the United States that is not seen on small or silver screens or in museums or best-selling books, and much of what gets ignored in the mainstream thrives, and is celebrated, on Twitter. "

" I've endured humiliating experiences trying to get a cab in the various cities I've visited and lived in. Available taxis - as indicated by their roof lights - locked their doors with embarrassingly loud clicks as I approached. Or they've just ignored my hail altogether. "

" I experimented with every kind of class possible - yoga, spin, Pilates, rowing - but it was all haphazard, cobbled together by trial and error. "

" As Twitter allows you to curate who shows up in your stream - you only see the people you follow or seek out, and those they interact with - users can create whatever world of people they want to be a part of. "

" I've long been interested in how technology mediates desire and the way that our phones, an extension of ourselves, foster intimate interactions that feel so personal and deep, despite being relayed through a machine. "

" Ultimately, what the tech industry really cares about is ushering in the future, but it conflates technological progress with societal progress. "

" For many years, taking care of myself consisted of showering and showing up to work on time. Sleeping and eating were inconveniences at best. "

" It wasn't always easy - getting dumped by my female friends for their newfound boyfriends, husbands, girlfriends stung; I felt like a jilted lover, heartbroken and wondering what I'd done wrong. But it was also easier to forgive them, to accept what time and energy they were willing to offer, even if it was less than what I wanted. "

" Learning to live with not meeting other people's expectations has been extremely freeing and is the only gift I wish to pass on to any future offspring. "

" Online, there is an irresistible social currency to being a user who has thousands of followers, who starts memes, who comes up with an idea that is turned into a movie. But I wonder how comfortable we should be with this arrangement. "

" Drag has been featured in popular culture for decades. Movies like 'Kinky Boots,' 'Tootsie,' 'The Birdcage' - even 'Mrs. Doubtfire' - have showcased men, some gay, some not, who dress and perform as women. "

" Matching tattoos don't ensure the longevity of a friendship, any more than any other mutual hardship. "

" The ancients often believed a celestial event like an eclipse to be a bad omen, that the sun or the moon vanishing from the sky was a harbinger of disaster, a sign of devastation or destruction to come. "

" Getting a tattoo is arguably one of the most insane decisions a sensible human can make. "

" I like to dim the lights and talk about the ghosts I've known and invite other people to tell me their stories. "

" There is no picturesque version of what self-care looks like; it's different for every person who wants to practice it. "

" We live in a time of astounding technological advancements. There are deep-sea drones and live-streaming virtual reality. "

" Wellness, I came to realize, will not happen by accident. It must be a daily practice, especially for those of us who are more susceptible to the oppressiveness of the world. "

" Oceans of emotion can be transmitted through a text message, an emoji sequence, and a winking semicolon, but humans are hardwired to respond to visuals. "

" The Internet is especially adept at compressing humanity and making it easy to forget there are people behind tweets, posts, and memes. "

" Twitter, it can be said, completely changed the way activism is done, who can participate, and even how we define it. "

" We may have a tacit understanding of how our solar system works, but watching the sun disappear behind the moon reminds us of the vastness of space and the enduring mysteries of the universe we inhabit. "

" For all its power as a protest medium, black Twitter serves a great many users as a virtual place to just hang out. "