You GOOO, Caitlin Seida (fighting back against our culture of bullying)

[ScreamingMeemie]

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/my-embarrassing-picture-went-viral-caitlin-seida-tells-what-she-did-next/story-e6frg6n6-1226732640271

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Ms Seida, who suffers from polycystic ovarian syndrome and a failing thyroid gland, said she laughed when she saw it as she herself had laughed at unfortunate pictures of strangers in her time.

But then she read the comments.

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"'What a waste of space,' read one. Another: 'Heifers like her should be put down.' Yet another said I should just kill myself 'and spare everyone’s eyes.' Hundreds of hateful messages, most of them saying that I was a worthless human being and shaming me for having the audacity to go in public dressed as a sexy video game character. How dare I dress up and have a good time!"

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"In the months since, my attitude toward these throwaway images of mockery on the internet has changed. I no longer find them funny. Each one of those people is a real human being, a real person whose world imploded the day they found themselves to be a punch line on a giant stage," she said.

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