Most of senior Anne Brown’s* girl classmates go home after school to binge TikTok or Netflix shows. Anne’s midday sanctuary? Flying sniper bullets, raging warzones and the threat of annihilation. At least, it used to be. She’d queue “Call of Duty” or “League of Legends” matches after restaurant shifts, curling over her desktop and a grilled chicken salad. Sometimes Anne played with online friends — people she trusted to watch her flank and warn her about enemies. Sometimes she played with strangers. That was until “Get off the game bitch” and “Quit whore” boomed louder in her headset than rapid gunfire and chopping helicopter blades. Sometimes the strangers — often men in their 20s and 30s — got too comfortable insulting her behind screens. To read more, click the link in bio. #storybyfrancescastamati #socialmediabypaigezadoo #photobymacycrosser