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Sep 24, 2023Liked by Jessica Bennett

My life ahead seemed bleak when I was in college so I shudder to think about growing up with social media. I was wrong about my life, thankfully, but I can still recall the feeling.

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I just laid in bed and read this whole piece out loud to my boyfriend because I KNEW how good it was going to be. Incredible reporting Jess -- I too shoved things from Victoria’s Secret deep in my closet after my mom told me they would cause me “health problems”

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NO SHE DID NOT. But actually now that you say that I feel like I remember that panic in the early 2000s?!

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read the piece this morning and it was maybe the best thing i’ve read online, ever. sent it to everyone i know!!! ugh!!!!

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🫶🫶🫶

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Sep 24, 2023Liked by Jessica Bennett

LOVED your piece with the inclusion of multimedia side notes. I teach 13 year olds and still learned something. Great work 👏

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How odd. Yours is one of my only two Substack subscriptions. And this morning I published on a memory of being 13. Loved your piece. Cheers to you, Jessica! https://open.substack.com/pub/meganmccarthyhomes/p/in-the-night-garden?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=y8ybx

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What!! It must be in the air...

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TOTALLY

TOTALLY

TOTALLY

BRILLIANT!

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Congratulations on the essay, Jessica, it was great!

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