Ironically, I met Jennifer Pauline as I was going through a particularly anti-social moment.| how to be a woman on the internet
Like many who grew up in the 2000s — whose whole personalities and aspirations were informed by movies like 13 Going on 30, The Devil Wears Prada, and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days — I wanted more than anything to break into fashion. I wanted to be like Jenna Rink and Andie Anderson working at a cool fashion magazine. I wanted to be Andy Sachs, thrust into rooms of designer clothes and important people. But in reality, those dreams felt so far away. I didn’t know anyone in fashion. My mo...| how to be a woman on the internet
Listen now | 9 people share their stories.| how to be a woman on the internet
Thoughts on slow content and optimizing myself for the internet.| how to be a woman on the internet
Listen now | Ford Blitzer: We're gonna talk about getting older in the beauty industry, which is something we've both been doing in the last 10 years since we first met. When we met I was at the very beginning of my career in the beauty industry, soaking it all in – like 22. And you were introduced to me as one of the top makeup artists in the world – you still are. But a lot has happened in the last 10 years, the one massive thing being social media really took hold. We've both been doin...| how to be a woman on the internet
Our lives — and all the conveniences we need to live them well — have never moved at a faster pace. If my eyeliner runs out, I can have a stranger drop off a new one at my door within the hour. If I wanted to, I could have my facial features altered in a 30-minute appointment. An AI chatbot can write an essay for me in seconds. I get annoyed when the circle spins more than once on my HBO Max app. And I’m not the only one. We have successfully been conditioned by capitalism and the atten...| how to be a woman on the internet
My innermost thoughts on a career as an influencer| how to be a woman on the internet
The “slashie” talks slow growth, side projects, and why she’s tired of people shitting on 9-to-5s| how to be a woman on the internet
A career writer on the craft of oversharing online| how to be a woman on the internet
By the time we finished our first piece on buying followers it was clear we had a lot more ground to cover, but we decided to press publish and let readers guide us from there. What we found in the comments, DMs, and personal conversations were a lot of strong opinions and complicated questions – around everything from race and privilege to morality and self-worth.| how to be a woman on the internet
When I think about my disability it’s often impossible to not think about the concept of time along with it. I will forever be hyper aware of how much time I have to button my shirt before my only remaining hand cramps up or how my travel time is nearly doubled if I’m carrying a tripod and can’t open doors along my route. My mind will never shy at the opportunity to conjure up what could’ve been had cancer not derailed my able-bodied dreams, and with it, my ability to neatly adhere to...| how to be a woman on the internet
FORD: When we asked a number of women about their life on the internet last year, many said that their entire income was sustained by just one social media platform. And I thought, with so many young women going into careers as digital content creators, this is something I’d love to examine a little bit. As it happened, when we were putting that| how to be a woman on the internet
Listen now | Rachel Nguyen has been a woman on the internet since she was just a girl on the internet. She helped make fashion blogging a thing – creating “That’s Chic” back in 2007 when she was still just in high school. Since then she’s captured hearts on YouTube| how to be a woman on the internet
This is our version of the discovery tool. Except we’ll choose just *one* topic worth exploring and share Jordan’s personalized recommendations from all over the web.| how to be a woman on the internet
I was supposed to write a piece called “Ways to Unplug” and it was supposed to be pretty easy.| how to be a woman on the internet
In case you missed it, we recently put out a piece called 21 questions to ask about your life on the internet. The idea was to create a tool that people could use to check in with their internet habits and see what's working and what's not. Most of all though, we really wanted this to be a conversation-starter — because often the things that we're struggling with on the internet are the things that don't get talked about enough on the internet. So we asked a bunch of women in our community ...| how to be a woman on the internet
The internet has become a primary lens through which we see the world – and even, ourselves.| how to be a woman on the internet
Fashion hauls, limited edition “drops”, collaborations, yet another celebrity-founded beauty brand… It seems like every time we open Instagram, we’re being told we need this, need that, resulting in a never ending cycle of consumption.| how to be a woman on the internet
I think it’s fair to say that hanging out on Instagram has become a lot like hanging out at the mall.| howtobeawomanontheinternet.substack.com
You scroll on Instagram and see someone promoting their new podcast, with perfectly cohesive graphics. Or you click on some photographer’s portfolio and browse an extensive list of impressive clients. You come across an influencer on the explore page who has 300,000 followers, 4 exciting job titles, and who appears to live in 5 different cities. Or maybe you’re on a new acquaintance’s website, which is perfectly optimized with strong branding, professional imagery, and a user-friendly i...| howtobeawomanontheinternet.substack.com