Love is Louder than the Pressure to be Perfect

Love is Louder than the pressure to be perfect.
The motto of a movement started by actress Brittany Snow, The Jed Foundation and MTV, to help prevent teenage, and indeed all, suicides, Love is Louder.

An Internet movement started mostly in America, it’s no surprise that most UK Citizens haven’t heard of this movement.

Supported by such stars as Sophia Bush, Demi Lovato, Lucas Gabreel, Vanessa Hudgens, Ke$ha, Joe Jonas and Perez Hilton, the movement hopes to raise awareness of the things going on with our teens today. It aims to prevent anything and everything that may harm, physically or emotionally, the kids of today's world.



Demi Lovato supports the action, having recently been
through some related personal issues



Recently out of Rehab, Disney channel star, Demi Lovato, 18, has been an inspiration to all of her fans, world wide. She, amongst others, has helped fans to realize that Love is Louder than the pressure to be perfect.

The movement began when several teenage lives were lost in the latter months of 2010, to suicide. It is for anyone who has ever felt mistreated, misunderstood, isolated, or just not right within themselves, something which most teens will go through.
Despite the fact that it’s very common for teens to feel this way, many don’t speak out about it.

The more voices, the louder the message becomes. That Love is louder than the pressure to be perfect.

The Jed foundation, a partner in the Love is Louder movement, is managed by Courtney Knowles, a personal friend of actress, Brittany Snow.
The Jed foundation is a mental health organization dealing with suicide and depression with college students in America.

When Brittany heard of the 2010 suicides and bullying, she claims to have called Courtney, asking if there was anything she could do about it. She wanted to get a message across to kids that they don’t have to feel like they have to deal with everything alone.

Open to everyone, the movement allows teens to know that other people have gone through similar things, and that no one is alone.
The movement was initially started via you tube videos and photographs, before it launched into a whole campaign.

Love is louder has a large base on the social networking sites, facebook and twitter, and encourages kids to ask for help when they need it.
Everyone is picked on, no matter how old they are, however, it hurts people in different ways. Some people can just walk away, and others are deeply saddened by the things other people say and do. Love is Louder is supposed to help them realize that they are better than that, and that no one has to change, to become someone or something that they aren’t.

Everyone in this world should be unique, and be themselves, because there’s no reason for them not to be.

It’s important that we don’t lose anyone to suicide, and teach kids that they aren’t alone. Sometimes it’s hard, when looking through magazines, listening to what other people say, and seeing someone be bullied for something as simple as, for example, tripping over, to then believe that you don’t need to be different and that people love you as you are, and that is what the supporters of this movement want to happen. They want you to realize that you are different, and it’s great. Embrace how different you are, or no one else will.
　
To get involved with Love is Louder, just visit their website (www.loveislouder.com), where you can be linked to their facebook and twitter movements.

　

　

　

Ashley Mullen