"emma’s incredibles" | The Lymphie Life

by Alexa Ercolano March 11, 2019 3

A conversation with Emma Detlefsen, the girl in the purple cape

“Maybe at first people are like, ‘Who is this kid?’ But usually after I talk, they realize that I kinda know what I’m talking about.”

by Alexa Ercolano February 19, 2016 9

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Shamed by Facebook: How One Woman’s “Undesirable” Photo Turned Outrage into Empowerment

Social media holds the potential to connect and empower people, but it can just as easily tear down and dehumanize them. For one Canadian woman on Facebook earlier this week, it did both.