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Girl Online

A User Manual
By Joanna Walsh
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Girl Online by Joanna Walsh explores the intersections of identity, technology, and digital culture. The narrative delves into the nuances of online personas and the ways in which digital life influences self-perception and communication. It is a philosophical journey that questions how the virtual world reshapes human experience and relationships.
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You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by the interplay between identity and the digital world. Blending philosophy with psychological insights, it offers a thought-provoking exploration of how online environments shape and transform our personal narratives and the concept of selfhood in today's connected age.

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Girl Online

What happens when a woman goes online? She becomes a girl.

What happens when a woman goes online? She becomes a girl.

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The unwritten contract of the internet, that a user is what is used, extends from the well-examined issue of data privacy and consent to the very selves women are encouraged to create in order to appear. Invited to self-construct as 'girls online', vloggers, bloggers and influencers sign a devil's bargain: a platform on the condition they commodify themselves, eternally youthful, cute, and responsibility-free, hiding offline domestic, professional, and emotional labour while paying for their online presence with β€˜accounts’ of personal β€˜experience’.

This arresting personal narrative disguises the truth of a woman negotiating the (cyber)space between her identities as girl, mother, writer, and commodified online persona. Written in a plethora of online styles, from programming language to the blog/diary, from tweets to lyric prose, Girl Online takes in selfies, social media, celebrity, and Cyberfeminism. It is an (anti) user manifesto, exploding the terms and conditions of appearing online under the sign of 'girl'.

A profound and moving philosophical investigation into the online experience of women as everyday users, it asks, is the personal internet a trap, or can it also be an opportunity for survival, and resistance?

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Girl Online by Joanna Walsh is praised for its insightful exploration of online existence from a female perspective. Reviewers commend its mix of intellectual rigor, humour, and personal reflection, highlighting its examination of identity and the complexities of being online. The book employs a variety of styles to captivate readers with its analysis of femininity, technology, and self-expression in the digital age. Critics appreciate its feminist perspective and its ability to engage with philosophical and theoretical discourse on digital identity.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781839765353

Publisher: Verso Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 May 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Verso Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 239g

Pages: 176

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Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture Joanna Walsh Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism

About the Author

Joanna Walsh is a multidisciplinary writer for print, digital and performance. The author of seven books, including Hotel, Vertigo, Worlds from the Word's End and Break*up she also works as a critic, editor, teacher and arts activist. She is a UK Arts Foundation fellow, and the recipient of the Markievicz Award in the Republic of Ireland. She founded and ran #readwomen (2014-18), described by the New York Times as "a rallying cry for equal treatment for women writers" and currently runs @noentry_arts.

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