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This holiday, let's stop this social media pretending

This holiday season, I have a simple wish. Innovators gave us great digital tools to smooth out wrinkles and erase blemishes. We can lighten and brighten every snapshot and social media can give us powerful ways to connect with friends and family near and far. But we don't need a photo filter for real life. Real life is messy. In fact, that's what makes it interesting, challenging and fun. So starting in 2022, can't we end the great pretend and share who we really are?

This year we all watched social media executives appear in front of congressional hearings to talk about the risks young people experience on their platforms. The pressure to fit in is enormous and the fallout is manifested in everything from eating disorders to bullying and self-harm. We don't need a whistleblower to confirm that pressure only grows and intensifies with social media. It's obvious.

Social media may be a mirror or it may be a magnifying glass, but most of all, this instinct to airbrush life reflects a pressure that doesn't go away when you log off.

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