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Eighth Grade
Her videos told everyone to be themselves. She had no idea how. What she needed was her dad saying he was proud of her anyway. 💛 #EighthGrade
Who it's for
Eighth Grade captures social anxiety in the body: the shallow breathing, the stalling, the rehearsed lines that come out wrong.
Anxious→Validated
Feelings it meets
What it is
Eighth Grade is a 2018 comedy-drama written and directed by Bo Burnham. Thirteen-year-old Kayla Day posts motivational YouTube vlogs that few people watch while struggling with anxiety and fitting in during her last week of middle school, as her single father tries to connect with her.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Sexual coercion of a 13-year-old.
Age: R (for language and sexual material)
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.Matthew 6:34, Matthew 6:34
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