For Crying Out Loud: Connecting Through Grief and Loss in a Digital Era

When you use social media, what do you look for? Happiness, relatability, or something else?

In the midst of her dad's illness and becoming a young caretaker, Lea Zikmund began looking to social media to find community. In the process, she began to notice a dynamic in our culture that tends to criticize those who share publicly about moments of grief, loss and hardship. She also noticed there are still many people who want to use social media as a space to connect on these exact topics.

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