Becoming Jolie

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The internet and social media are a huge way for us to be seen as individuals. We share our lives online because it gives us connection … and because it gives us attention. But that attention isn’t always positive. Jolie knows this all too well, because in 2019, she found herself on the wrong side of the Internet Rage Machine. Support our new independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. We now offer tiers as low as $4.99 / month. Sign up. Our email subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join our mailing list here. Did you know we’re on TikTok? Yep, it’s true. Follow Nora. You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Nora McNeerney and this is Terrible Thanks for asking.
0:10.1	And I have a question for you.
0:13.8	Do you remember when you joined Instagram and if you haven't joined Instagram, I am
0:19.6	so proud of you.
0:21.0	Or if Instagram just isn't your thing, do you remember joining Twitter or Facebook or
0:26.3	Pinterest or Tumblr or Reddit or AOL chat rooms back in the 90s?
0:30.9	Do you remember, this is the real question, do you remember what it was like to find
0:35.6	connection and identity and validation from complete strangers?
0:42.5	I do.
0:43.5	I remember setting AMOA messages designed to make me seem more enticing or mysterious
0:49.5	to my oblivious crushes who definitely weren't wondering if the lyrics to Wonderwall were
0:55.3	about them and how could they be, I did not know what that song was about and truly
1:00.0	even to this day do not.
1:02.8	Don't know what it's about.
1:04.9	I remember writing blog posts and installing a hit counter and wondering who were those
1:11.0	10 people who were reading my words.
1:13.6	I believe it was just me, honestly, all 10 hits were me.
1:17.1	I remember making real life friends out of Tumblr followers and I remember signing up for
1:21.6	Instagram and posting my first photo, which I think got possibly three likes.
1:28.6	But I asked today's guest, Joly, that same question.
1:34.9	Do you remember joining Instagram?
1:38.1	I do.
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