Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was published in 2024 by Alcove Press. Follow her on Instagram, Facebook and Bluesky.

At the Indiana University Observatory on Social Media, my colleagues and I study influence campaigns and design technical solutions—algorithms— to detect and counter them.

Social media influence was, moreover, burdened by its not-quite-work leisure status. These early influencers were, moreover, dismissed as "girls with no jobs"—despite their role in financially ...