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(Trigger warning: bullying, suicide, rape)

Considered putting this under a cut, but I figured the trigger warning would suffice. If you don’t feel like scrolling past, just press the J key to skip directly to the next post on your dash.

I’m just here to remind you good people that lots of…

I understand. But its not JUST about Amanda Todd. Whats her being pretty and white got anything to do with it? people are sad because its a tragic story. And if you look on fb , they have picture of stop bullying shes just a part of it. So why are you bitching a dead girl? 

If you’d read my post, you’d see that I am not “bitching a dead girl” at all.  My point was that because she’s pretty and white is why the media has given it so much attention, while they ignore countless others that commit suicide that are not so photogenic.  My post was regarding what the media and the internet choose to pay attention to when it comes to this stuff.

Don’t get me wrong: it’s sad that someone took their life because they were bullied, no matter who they are or what they look like.  I just wish more people would pay attention.

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