I don't know how many of you are Facebook users, but I am definitely an active one. I'm not "addicted" as some might say, but I do go on there pretty frequently. You know, it's quick, lazy, and long lasting entertainment. So, as some of you may know, it's extremely easy to be on Facbeook from long periods of time checking people's statuses,  commenting on photos, and such. One thing leads to another and another and another. 

So today I was on Facebook, doing my usual thing, just surfin' the web. I was on one of my friend's profile when I saw that she had been using this application called "Bathroom Wall". There was a link on the side that said "click here to check it out". Hmm, I thought, is this just another lame application that I'm gonna get infinite notifications from? Or could it be something actually interesting that i want to check out because I'm super bored? I went with the latter. 

Once I'm on this web page, I see things posted like "BEST GIRL PERSONALITIES IN 8TH GRADE!" and then 40 responses underneath it. Then there are ones like "omg, brenda is such a beotch! who else thinks so?!". As it turns out, the application was exactly what the title said it was: a place to gossip anonymously in public groups. Of course, I was completely appalled, but in the typical thirteen year-old girl way, I was also intrigued! I continued down the page to see if there were any interesting posts. I stumbled across one that said "hottest 8th grade girls. GO". Naturally, I clicked on it. What if I was the talk of the town? What were people saying that I didn't know about?!

As I read over all the responses, I realized it wasn't exactly the smiles and rainbows that I was expecting. All the boys that I had thought were cool, down-to-earth dudes were now posting things about my best friends like "gloria is sooooo s*xy but she is so dumb!!!" and "maria has the hottest body ever!! but she's so freakin slu*ty!!".

This was when I really became flabbergasted. There were more than fifty of these horrible comments about my friends, who I knew were beautiful and intelligent young women! I honestly couldn't believe what I was reading. Some of the things were truly perverted. These boys were turning thirteen year-old girls into objects for them to badmouth or admire crudely! And nobody was noticing. 

So that night, I typed up a long, thought out response to all the other responses saying that I felt highly disrespected by this public bashing of great females I knew. After posting it, I felt pretty good about myself, even though I knew there was a chance I was just going to bet bashed myself for this. However, as it turned out, after I posted that, a bunch of girls began reading this post and writing their own powerful responses! Then, some boys even started posting responses that supported us girls! I felt really proud that I had started a Facebook revolution of girls who actually wanted a stop to this horrible posting! And they got it :

Nobody posts anything on that thing anymore. This felt like something of a "GLI moment" and I've got to credit them for teaching me how to deal with the most frustrating things in a calm, collected way. Yeah girl power!!

***names have been changed***

Julia Carlin is an eighth grader in NYC. This is her first blog for WOOSH!