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Today I quit Instagram. 2014–2024.

One decade and I'm done.

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Kel Rakowski
Dec 03, 2024
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2014–2024. Today I quit Instagram.

Throwback to my first 100K, some cold day in circa 2016

In 2014, I started @h_e_r_s_t_o_r_y during one of the most tumultuous times of my life. Just months earlier, I had left a 7-year relationship with my boyfriend and come out as gay. Navigating this new identity felt raw and isolating. I grieved the years I wasn’t out…

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