Millie Bobby Brown Calls Out Media for Bullying Over Her Appearance

Millie Bobby Brown, best known for her role as Eleven in the TV series "Stranger Things", hits back at journalists who comment on her appearance: This is not journalism, it's bullying, she says.

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, she also gives examples of what she means.

I want to dedicate a moment to something that is much bigger than just me, something that affects every young woman who grows up and is publicly scrutinized, she says in the clip.

Millie Bobby Brown has recently made several notable appearances on the "red carpet" ahead of the premiere of her new film, "The Electric State", according to BBC. The actress made her first role when she was ten years old, and thinks that some journalists now demand that she still looks like she did in the first season of "Stranger Things".

The fact that adult writers spend their time dissecting my face, my body, my choices is disturbing. The fact that some of these articles are written by women? Even worse, she says.

Millie Bobby Brown writes that every girl deserves to grow up without fear of being torn apart just for existing.

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