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How Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls

How Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls

FromUnder the Influence with Jo Piazza


How Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls

FromUnder the Influence with Jo Piazza

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Mar 5, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Social media is incredibly toxic for women and girls. I say this all the time,  and sometimes I start to feel like a real conspiracy theorist, like the social media version of a prepper telling you to build a tunnel under your house with lots of canned goods, but it is still something I truly believe. My guest today is Kara Alaimo, the author of OVER THE INFLUENCE (a book, not my substack).It looks at how social media is affecting every single aspect of the lives of women and girls from our parenting to how we date to our careers and our physical safety.  But it also gives practical tips about what we can do about it, as users, as creators and as lawmakers to solve a problem that is not just going to go away.You can order OVER THE INFLUENCE (the book) here.  
Released:
Mar 5, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Under the Influence is a deep dive into social media, a place haunted by aspirational marketing where it feels like every other person is a social media influencer trying to sell you something, all while posed in perfect houses that never seem to get messy. And behind this airbrushed perfection is money, so much money. Billions and billions of dollars. Journalist and mom Jo Piazza looks at how we got here, what it all means and how the commodification of every single aspect of our lives is driving everyone (but mostly women and mothers) a little insane.