When I was growing up, my parents would apologize when we didn't have enough money for something. I'd always tell them that it was O.K. and that I had learned to work hard because of them.

I just think it's crazy that we don't think that the youth are valid. They're the ones who really know what's going on.

My mother struggled immensely with mental illness, and so did I. She grew up bipolar, but it was never diagnosed nor recognized. It was shrugged off like a 'symptom' of being female - of her being weak. I also experienced this growing up: I felt that the great pain I experienced was a dramatisation.

I was depressed at a very young age - mental illness runs in my family, especially on the female side.

The Internet is full of choices, and nobody is going to make the choice to use a product that is hard to use or unattractive.

There are massive efforts on the part of the internet's corporate owners to try to direct it to become a technique of marginalisation and control.

Today, most young women are exposed to technology at a very young age, with mobile phones, tablets, the Web or social media. They are much more proficient with technology than prior generations since they use it for all their school work, communication and entertainment.

Twitter is the most impulsive form of social media, but it's still the most celebrated among politicians and pundits within the Beltway, which is curious, since it can destroy any sense of privacy.