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'Fifteen years ago, the internet felt like a special place my friends and I had built for each other; by 2020, we were standing on its ruins, wondering if we'd played a part in its destruction.'
Journalist Marie Le Conte was born in 1991, the same year the World Wide Web was invented. She had her first blog at twelve, a successful music website at fifteen, a Wikipedia page at seventeen and now, at thirty, over 80,000 followers on Twitter. From MSN, Tumblr and MySpace, to chat rooms, forums and blogs; Marie is part of the millennial generation that grew up while the internet was growing up with them.
Where did it go all wrong? How did the internet go from a place where you went to escape real life to where real life is shaped? A place where you could be yourself and find like-minded people to a world of filters and ads? A place we are all now desperately trying to escape from?
Escape is a fascinating exploration of the rise and demise of the internet. It's a look back on the platforms, the people and the online places. It's an analysis of the lessons being online has taught us, how the internet has changed us - and a celebration of the tools it gives us to feel less alone. The online generation have forever altered the world we live in, but is the internet still a place for the people that shaped it? Marie Le Conte is a French-Moroccan journalist who has lived in London since 2009. She writes for a wide range of publications, including Vogue, Guardian, New Statesman, Vice and GQ, and frequently appears on the radio.
Her first book, Haven't You Heard?: Gossip, Politics and Power received praise from, among others, Laura Kuenssberg, i newspaper and the Daily Telegraph.
She cannot remember the last time she went through a day without tweeting. It was probably over a decade ago. The must-read exploration of the birth and death of the internet, from award-winning journalist Marie Le Conte. Marie Le Conte has over 75,000 followers on Twitter and has written for a wide range of publications including Guardian, New Statesman, Prospect Magazine, Stylist and many more. She was named one of MHP's 30 To Watch, Portland's Rising Stars in 2016 and Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018. For comparative comps, the closest in themes would be Trick Mirror, So You've Been Publicly Shamed and Because Internet.
Journalist Marie Le Conte was born in 1991, the same year the World Wide Web was invented. She had her first blog at twelve, a successful music website at fifteen, a Wikipedia page at seventeen and now, at thirty, over 80,000 followers on Twitter. From MSN, Tumblr and MySpace, to chat rooms, forums and blogs; Marie is part of the millennial generation that grew up while the internet was growing up with them.
Where did it go all wrong? How did the internet go from a place where you went to escape real life to where real life is shaped? A place where you could be yourself and find like-minded people to a world of filters and ads? A place we are all now desperately trying to escape from?
Escape is a fascinating exploration of the rise and demise of the internet. It's a look back on the platforms, the people and the online places. It's an analysis of the lessons being online has taught us, how the internet has changed us - and a celebration of the tools it gives us to feel less alone. The online generation have forever altered the world we live in, but is the internet still a place for the people that shaped it? Marie Le Conte is a French-Moroccan journalist who has lived in London since 2009. She writes for a wide range of publications, including Vogue, Guardian, New Statesman, Vice and GQ, and frequently appears on the radio.
Her first book, Haven't You Heard?: Gossip, Politics and Power received praise from, among others, Laura Kuenssberg, i newspaper and the Daily Telegraph.
She cannot remember the last time she went through a day without tweeting. It was probably over a decade ago. The must-read exploration of the birth and death of the internet, from award-winning journalist Marie Le Conte. Marie Le Conte has over 75,000 followers on Twitter and has written for a wide range of publications including Guardian, New Statesman, Prospect Magazine, Stylist and many more. She was named one of MHP's 30 To Watch, Portland's Rising Stars in 2016 and Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018. For comparative comps, the closest in themes would be Trick Mirror, So You've Been Publicly Shamed and Because Internet.