“We’re each attached to years of texts, searches, and photos, an archive of humiliation that could detonate at any time.”
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Limiting Not Just Screen Time, But Screen Space
“The internet has stopped being a place we visit—it’s now an environment we inhabit.”
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My First Months in Cyberspace
“The earlier internet was a haven, everyone making it up as they went along.”
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Extremely Offline: What Happened When a Pacific Island Was Cut Off From the Internet
“A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life.”
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Girls Will Be Girls: A Reading List on Consumerism in the Internet AgeÂ
Are the scores of girl personas on TikTok just a marketing campaign? Let’s do the (girl) math.
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Coming of Age at the Dawn of the Social Internet
“Online platforms allowed me to cultivate a freer version of myself. Then the digital world began to close off.”