recent media coverage

• The Guardian’s Amelia Tait interviewed me for a feature on “‘‘Influencers are being taken advantage of’: The social media stars turning to unions.”

• I spoke to Vice’s Lauren Kaori Gurley about the “The promise-and risk-of a career in TikTok.”

• Research I conducted with Becca Schwartz on the gendered nature of social media employment was covered in Wired, Money, The Verge, and Marketplace

• Engaget’s Chris Ep interviewed me about the exhausting nature of YouTube content creation

• An article I published with Caitlin Petre and Emily Hund on “Gaming the Algorithm” was featured in a Wired feature by Emma Grey Ellis

• I spoke to journalists from the Financial Times, The Atlantic, and Wired about the feminine-coded nature of Instagram

• My work on “the lure of social media careers” was featured in a Fast Company article titled “Why do Kids Want to be influencers?”

• I spoke to Vox’s Rebecca Jennings about Instagram’s impact on our sense of self: “Instagram is broken. It also broke us.”

• Amanda Hess featured my work on personal branding in a New York Times feature titled: “What happens when people and companies are both just 'brands'?

book coverage

Coverage of my 2017 book (Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love: Gender, Social Media, and Aspirational Work

• I participated in a podcast with The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson and Taylor Lorenz on “Are Influencers Frauds or the Future of Online Commerce?”

• I was featured on an episode of Innovation Hub with Kara Miller about "Diving Into the Aspirational Economy."

• I was interviewed by BBC Radio for a segment on social media influencers.

• YouTuber Gaby Dunn interviewed me for Vox, "Thousands of women try to make a living blogging and vlogging. Most fail."

• Quartz ran a feature on the book, "Becoming a social media “influencer” is the new unpaid internship, and just as exploitative."

• Pacific Standard recommended the book, which is reviewed here 

• I was interviewed for a podcast about "The Challenges of Being a Social Media Star."

• I published a book announcement on Culture Digitally, which includes a pdf of the first chapter (thanks to Yale UP!)

• Dave O'Brien interviewed me for a podcast as part of the New Books Network.

• Ilana Gershon interviewed me for her blog CaMP Anthropology

• UOL Economia (Brazil) featured an author interview. 

• Marie Claire (Belgium) provided in-depth coverage of the book. 

• The Library Journal included a starred review.