Commentary: Social media can be toxic for women. Here’s how to change that
On social media, most of us don’t think too hard about what we’re doing as we “like,” scroll and swipe across our screens. But I study how Americans engage with these platforms. In researching my new book, I spoke to women and girls across the country about how social media is affecting their lives. What I learned isn’t pretty. Still, we can improve women’s lives online — by radically rethinking whom we follow, what we share and what we do when we witness abuse online.
One woman whom I interviewed, who asked to be called Vivian, told me she
