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The Orbiter

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Bianca Devins posted from her Instagram This post has been sitting in my draft section for over a year now. This was a topic I wanted to research more on which sent me down a year-long rabbit hole to a group of individuals that I am most likely going to devote a whole dissertation to in the future. Long story short Bianca Devins was a victim of a phenomenon, a bigger picture of the internet that has been developed around mental health, despair, and the darker sides of the human psyche. The Tradegy of Bianca Devins Bianca Devins was a 17-year-old girl from Utica, New York. She suffered from depression, anxiety, and had suicidal ideations at times. Bianca's Instagram today has 163,000 followers with only having 10 posts at this time. Bianca suffered from troubled home life and sought refuge on the internet as most people do today. She befriended Brandon Clark through the internet and would eventually meet in person during her high school graduation. Bianca and Brandon were only