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Voices of Gen Z

You Have To Be Human
I realize now that I want to be real
 • Freya India
Growing up Online Nearly Killed Me
A dual narrative of mother and daughter about a new school, new phone, and online grooming
 • Roxy Longworth and Gay Longworth
We Are The Slop
Your life is my background noise
 • Freya India
It Was the Damn Phones
A Gen Z poet conveys the effects of the phone-based childhood
 • Korijanes
Gen Z, Social Media is Optional
Young people can use technology to connect directly while shunning the apps designed to hook us
 • Gabriela Nguyen (inactive)
We Live In Imaginary Worlds
This is all one big hallucination
 • Freya India
No, I’m Not Always Available
Don’t apologize for disconnecting
 • Freya India
What Happened to FOMO?
We now fear taking part more than we fear missing out
 • Freya India
Aren’t You Lonely?
Friendship has become another joyless thing to do on a screen
 • Freya India
A Gen Z Perspective on Why We Must Pass the Kids Online Safety Act
Social media holds immense promise to connect us. But to reap the benefits, we need to regulate it first.
 • Sam Hiner
CALLING ALL GEN Z: Phone Free Friday Summer Challenge!
This Summer, Let’s Reclaim Our Time (Starting June 14th)
 • Freya India
Your Boyfriend Isn't Your Camera Man
“Her need for me to catalogue her life is slowly draining my soul"
 • Freya India
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