Major Life Experiences In Tyler Oakley's Binge

Even though it was serious at some parts, I learned a lot from it. This book shows that no matter how rough your childhood was, how poor you were, how many mistakes you made, you could turn out famous. Tyler Oakley comes from what most people call “a broken home”. He grew up poor and his family didn’t have much. Although he didn’t grow up the best Tyler turned out to be known as a New York Times bestselling author, who has gathered 24 million social media followers, and conducts high-profile interviews. Tyler has also travelled all over the world. He has interviewed and met with many famous people such as One Direction, Michelle Obama, and many more.

Chase Ross, a twenty-six-year-old transgender male, creates YouTube content focused on promoting LGBT issues along with educating LGBT youth. His content deals primarily with transgender informative videos, most being for transgender men, and he works as a major educator within the community. His stance on how he used to bind within his life demonstrates the power of the structures of masculinity in addition to how the habitus creates guidelines which those who bind must follow, while also depicting an internal rejection of his own initial habitus of being socialized female in favor of identifying as male, thus creating a new set of structures.

If Binge by Tyler Oakley could be summarized in one quote, it would be “Sometimes life can feel like Scrabble. You know you’ve got words in there somewhere, but no matter how many times you rearrange the letters, you can’t seem to make sense of the jumble,” (Oakley 137). Oakley’s collection of memoirs shows the reader many accounts of him not being able to make sense of the jumble like suffering from an eating disorder (Oakley 35), dealing with a heart wrenching breakup (Oakley 117), and experiencing life as a poor kid growing up in Michigan (Oakley 45). Matthew Tyler Oakley, widely known as Tyler Oakley, is an internet personality who has racked a staggering 7.9 million subscribers on YouTube and six million followers on Twitter. He began

For a short period of time, I didn’t even recognize who I was. I was acting out in ways I did not enjoy, dressed in styles I didn’t agree with, and created a personality that I thought would make me more popular. I tried so hard to be the superficial person people wanted me to be, because I valued their opinions more than my own. One of the best decisions I ever made for myself was when I made a new group of friends. I was able to act and look like my true self and they accepted me for me.

Emmitt Perry Jr. was born September 13, 1969 to Emmitt and Willie Maxine Perry. Throughout his childhood, his father would physically abuse Emmitt and his 3 sisters. With that, Emmitt tried to commit suicide to escape the abuse. One time, his mother, Maxine decided to pack up her stuff and take the children to California to get away from the abuse but her husband then decided to report the car stolen and caused the family to be held in jail until he picked them up. Afterwards, he beat Maxine Perry all the way home. When Emmitt got to the age of 16, he decided to change his name to Tyler to separate himself from his father. He also decided to drop out of school and get a GED later on.

“Some of you might know me as the guy you saw on the cover of this book who has an incredibly punchable face (Dawson 3). This quote from the autobiography, I Hate Myselfie by Shane Dawson, is a perfect example of the comedic self-deprecating humor used throughout the novel. Written in this book is the story of a life full of struggles from the famous YouTube star, Shane Dawson. Throughout the book, you learn many life lessons through the eyes of the author, and from the mistakes he has made in his life. The novel I Hate Myselfie has an overall theme of comedy, tragedy, and love that is perfect for a younger audience looking for a heartwarming story

However, despite the new perspective she’s obtained and the time that’s passed, she doesn’t feel like she has undergone any extreme changes since she was a kid. As she puts it, she has simply become “more”—more confident, more independent, more experienced. And with this “more”-ness, she shares with me some advice she feels would have helped her: “Stop worrying about what the media wants you to look like or be like because that doesn’t matter. As long as you feel good about yourself, that’s all that matters… Just be you and love you and not worry about anything else.” Thanking her for both her time and this advice, I decided that whether I have to fit in or stand out, I will do my best to be myself. Because Emily Wilson is right: that is all that truly

fishing for compliments from a friend. Even before the age of the Internet, people struggled to find themselves through a search for identity, since trying to be something else is more important than staying true to oneself. This creates an impenetrable cycle of blind isolation through continually supporting someone else’s idea of an identity. This theme manifests itself through many literary texts, such as To Kill A Mockingbird, A Raisin in the Sun, and American Denial.

Social media is a big platform for Connor Franta and he has used it to send out many of his messages.Connor didn't know whether "[he liked] boys, girls, or both" (Franta 133). Connor was gay and had been for a while but going out on dates with women and still labeling himself as "straight" masked that. Connor decided that he wasn't going to live a lie anymore, he was going to be himself. He slowly, first told close friends that he was gay, then family and other friends(Franta 134), even though he was hesitant about it. Then finally he had to be truthful with his fans, so Connor uploaded a video to his YouTube channel, which was titled "Coming Out". I remember when his video first came out, I watched within minutes. I wasn't surprised that he was gay but I was surprised he actually took the time to make and post a video and not care about the harsh comments that would be left for that video. But that’s why he “[doesn't] care about what people say about [him] or what [he does]” (Franta

Not being accepted by society has always been a challenge. Everyone has face these problem at least once in their life. Sometimes they don’t accept you for your appearance or for your race. I have personally have faced these obstacle, but I overcame it. It was during my trip to Seattle, Washington to a CTY Program. I wasn’t accepted by my peers and classmates since I am Hispanic and because they knew that I had a Mexican background. Without actually giving me an opportunity to get to know me well, they just judge me. I have been impacted since then, at times afraid that society won’t accept me for who I am.

The last part of the interview involved Christopher fully describing how he sees himself. He described himself as fat, ugly, and chubby. I spoke extensively about how his negative outlook on himself was damaging to his self-esteem and told him ways to help him feel better about his body and identity. He

Everyone has their own delusions they enjoy being a part of, well, at least for a while. How long can we live them out until we must come to terms with those inner demons? I’ve always told others and myself, honesty is the most valuable asset anyone can have, but then I live out my lie. There have been countless times I’ve put up this act of might, knowing it 's all a ploy to hide something from the rest of the world. It’s comical in a way to look back at all the energy wasted: running from myself. Everyone to a certain extent is afraid of not being accepted and putting those feelings in words seems to be impossible. But, as a Hemingway said, “All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know”. As tough as it is to admit, I am gay. If I could, I would change in a heartbeat; yet the cold hard truth is that I can only accept it. Hiding my true self from the world made me create a false sense of identity, which has wreaked havoc on my well-being. Like the saying goes, “real eyes, realize, real lies”, it took the eyes of the perfect woman to see through it all.

Feeling accepted is the grounding of a happy life. When people don’t feel accepted, that is when they become depressed or unhappy. Acceptance comes in many forms; something small like being accepted on to a certain table at lunch time, to something as big as being accepted in the greater community or even feeling accepted in the world. Acceptance can define who you are. If somebody isn’t accepted it can damage their souls and can throw them off the path of finding who they really are. Being accepted by others may seem the most important thing to strive towards, but the most rewarding and most damaging trait of acceptance is accepting yourself. Being comfortable with whom you are; it’s only then that others will really accept you. Acceptance can be an extremely

There is no such thing as “being oneself” as doing so would only result in one being unable to gain what they want. In

Imagine you’re in a zoo. Behind the bars of your enclosure, looking to the outside world. You see yourself standing there. You see yourself with a body that matches who you are, and you’re able to walk effortlessly through life with out any doubt about who you are. And then you turn and look in the mirror, and you realize thats not you, it’s not who you are right now.