Charcoal Confessions: 46 Amusing Ways To Counter Cyberbullying

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LIFESTYLE | February 26, 2020

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For more than three heat-intensive years, Senator Nancy Binay has been the center of online hate but her personal realizations have led her to understand the feelings of those who have been bullied on social media like her and the painful experiences they've been through. Her experiences throughout these years and those of others inspire her to write, publish and release a book that details her experience in cyberbullying and imparts lighthearted ways to project positivity amidst online harassment.

Entitled "Charcoal Confessions: 46 Home Brewed Tips vs. Online Bullying", Senator Binary shares her self-reflection on being bullied online as well as her perspective and positive attitude towards life helped in her journey towards healing. The book also features tips on dealing with her own experience with her online bashers, rebuilding one's self-worth and becoming self-aware and literally making something good out of something bad. Social media generally became more of an obsession for today's generation than an essential way of building relationships and establishing communications with others.

Millions of Filipinos in the country are internet and social media users where many are spending their own time communicating with and checking out what's the latest from their loved ones on social media everyday. However, regardless of their status in society, Filipino social media users are not safe from being bullied online by bashers across the globe, including our own shores, which greatly affects their attitude, career and even relationships. With this is mind, "Charcoal Confessions" is an essential must-read for those who are or have been harassed online but don't know what to do in these times considering that it has interesting ways of countering them and project a positive attitude even within the comforts of their own home.

Published by ABS-CBN Books, "Charcoal Confessions: 46 Home Brewed Tips vs. Online Bullying" is Senator Nancy Binay's second book which follows the success of her first book, the social media manual "Make Love Not War" featuring her collaboration with social media celebrity/parody Senyora Santibañez. It is available for Php299 at the ABS-CBN Store and leading bookstores nationwide as well as online via Lazada and Shopee.