{"product_id":"girl-online-a-user-manual-9781839765353","title":"Girl Online: A User Manual","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat happens when a woman goes online? She becomes a girl.\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50383285387538,"sku":"9781839765353","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d21d1590-66ca-48c5-86e8-402afd173328.jpg?v=1728781954","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/girl-online-a-user-manual-9781839765353","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}