I'm youth activist Naomi Wadler.

Last year, I gave a speech at the March

for Our Lives rally in Washington, DC.

It is my privilege to be here today.

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Since then, I've been on a mission to change the world one

conversation at a time.

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I sat down with Jameela Jamil and was blown away

by her courage to speak out.

As a young activist, she is definitely

somebody I aspire to be like.

Is it you?

Yes.

Is it you?

Hi.

Hello.

I'm such a big fan.

I read that you were bullied when you were younger,

and I wanted to know how you've grown

to overcome those challenges.

I was very, very badly bullied because I was not thin enough.

I was not light skinned enough.

And I didn't have any money.

And so I didn't really have any friends until I was about 19.

I was very, very lonely.

It's unbelievable how little children

are educated about the damage that bullying does

and how one statement can go on to form a person's

entire opinion of themselves for the rest of their lives

because it means so much when you're young.

But truly, the thing I've learned--

it's not about you.

It's about them.

You are such a success story.

Everything about you resonates with me.

This still happens to me now.

I still have women treat me like this sometimes.

And I've realized-- and it's taken me a long time

to realize-- that they're afraid of me.

Other girls are afraid of you.

It scares women when they see another woman sometimes-- not

all women.

It scares some people when they see

someone else of any gender being bold and outspoken because it

makes them feel bad about their own lack of freedom

and being able to do that same thing.

Yes.

So take it as a compliment, which is what I do.

I will.

I think if they have a problem with you,

you're doing something right.

Tell me about the 'I Weigh' movement.

What made you want to start this amazing community?

So I got Instagram and pressed on that evil little button

called explore.

And when I did, it opened me up to this world

of what it is that social media thinks

I should be looking at as a woman, which is thin,

Photoshopped supermodels, weight loss supplements, and pictures

of very successful female celebrities

with numbers written across their bodies.

So I assumed from far away that those numbers would be how much

money they'd earned, but it wasn't.

It was how much they weighed.

I was furious when I saw this, so I

wrote a post saying what I weigh, how I weigh myself now,

which is in my achievements, my attributes,

the contributions I've made society,

my bingo wings, which is the bit of fat

that I have that hangs off the back of my arm that I love.

I love it very much.

It creates a nice breeze when I'm feeling hot.

I put it out to the world just as a statement.

I didn't mean to start anything.

And it struck a chord.

And now, we have almost half a million followers,

all real people who send in thousands of posts

a week telling us what they weigh.

It's just so great to hear somebody

who I look up to speak so well.

The reason more women don't speak out-- we're

fear mongered about being seen as

unlikable or difficult or problematic or annoying.

Annoying is a word that gets used to silence women.

And so I think it's just very important

to not listen to that because that's just misogyny

and sexism.

The people who matter will like you.

And the people who don't like you don't matter.

Wow.

That was great.

On those days where I feel rubbish about myself,

I genuinely do have to write down

a list of everything I am that is

impressive and worthy of being in this world.

I make sure that I continue to return

to my list of what makes me an important person to the people

that I love.

Just because people who are advertising to you

don't care about your life, you need to.

You have to take back that power and that respect.

Me and my mom, we were just talking

about how I often don't feel that good about my body

and about myself in general.

That's so infuriating that you have

to be made to feel bad about the way that you look.

And aside from the way that you look,

you are such an impressive, important human being.

You are doing things that people 20 years older

than you, 30 years, 40 years older than you

don't have the guts to do.

It's ridiculous that you feel bad

about anything about yourself, least

of all your wonderful face and body.

Every time that you feel content with yourself

and you feel powerful and you feel

like you are good just as you are,

that is an act of feminist resistance.

And so I implore you to do that.

You are amazing, and what you're saying is amazing.

And it feels so good having somebody telling me

all of this.

Thank you.

I just wanted to give her a hug.

[INAUDIBLE] and I so know how you feel, and it's so rubbish.

But it will only make you stronger.

I loved talking to Jameela because she

inspired me to love myself.

I'm not all the way there, but with taking her words

and thinking about them more, I'm sure I can get there.

Time to recognize someone who exemplifies Cheerios'

generation good mission.

Makenzie is a 9-year-old and recently started a little free

pantry in her neighborhood that is open 24/7 to anyone

who needs it.

The pantry has been used over 1,000 times.

We salute you, Makenzie.

Thanks for chatting.

Let's keep the conversation going.

Time's up, which sprouted from such a terrible topic, really

brought us all together.

It made us realize that there were other women who were

going through similar things.

Yes.

When we recognize the sisterhood,

we are so much more effective.

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