{"product_id":"girl-online-a-user-manual-hardcover","title":"Girl Online: A User Manual - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoanna Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happens when a woman goes online? She becomes a girl.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 \"accounts\" of personal \"experience.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told via the arresting personal narrative of one woman negotiating the (cyber)space between her identities as girl, mother, writer, and commodified online persona, Girl Online is written in a plethora of the online styles, from programming language to the blog\/diary, from tweets to lyric prose, taking in selfies, social media, celebrity and Cyberfeminism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoanna Walsh \u003c\/b\u003eis a multidisciplinary writer for print, digital and performance. The author of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eHotel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorlds from the Word's End\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBreak*up\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as \"a rallying cry for equal treatment for women writers\" and currently runs @noentry_arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766801760544,"sku":"9781839765353","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/aa1fd3be586680a14ebf917e8ef7d66e.webp?v=1780299240","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/girl-online-a-user-manual-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}