Thanks For Asking

Becoming Jolie


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The internet and social media are a huge way for us to be seen as individuals. We share our lives online because it gives us connection … and because it gives us attention. But that attention isn’t always positive. Jolie knows this all too well, because in 2019, she found herself on the wrong side of the Internet Rage Machine.

Resources:

  • Laura McKowen blog, “Quitting the Bouncy House of Social Media”

  • Shame Nation book by Sue Scheff

  • Various research by Danielle Keats Citron

  • So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

  • “15 Minutes of Shame” from executive producer Monica Lewinsky

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